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Patient Advocacy Groups Urge Greater Focus on Patients' Choice and Privacy Rights in Health-Reform Debate
July 5th, 2009
While Congressional debate is focused primarily on whether to include a public option for health insurance, many Americans remain concerned about how a mandate for private health insurance will affect their health-care choices and privacy. "We're hearing politicians promise that if people like their existing insurance coverage, they'll be able to keep it. But what if the federal government forces people to buy private plans' Won't insurance companies then have less incentive to respond to consumers' choices regarding covered benefits," said Sue Blevins, president of the Institute for Health Freedom, at a press conference today at the National Press Club in Washington,...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2009-07-05)
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