Re: AHIMA friday meetings on S. 1360

[Robert Gellman <rgellman@cais.cais.com>]

  On Sat, 20 Jan 1996, James Love wrote:
  
  >     Bob, thanks for the response on this.  But what I asked before was if 
  > you had private sector clients who have an interest in this bill, not 
  > whether or not you were retained to lobby on the legislation.  I think 
  > that we all know that being hired to lobby Congress is only one type of 
  > relationship.  
  > 
  > I don't think I ever got an answer on that.  It's not a question of
  > impuning motives, although there has been plenty of that going around from
  > all sides.  Most everyone has been pretty up front about their
  > affiliations.  I asked earlier if you had clients who would be impacted
  > by the legislation.  After all, you are a privacy and information
  > consultant, according to your email identifier.   So, at the risk or being 
  > repetitive, do you?  jamie
  
  You already asked this one, and I answered it.  Everyone in the country is
  affected by this bill.  If you are a patient, a provider, a government
  agency, an employer, an insurer, or just about anyone else, a medical
  privacy bill affects you.  So the answer is that just about all of my
  clients are affected by this bill.  And none of them is paying me to lobby
  the bill, to work on it, or to influence opinion.  I don't know how many
  times I have to tell you that my views are my own. 
  
  Bob
  
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