Re: Confidentiality Policies

[James Love <love@tap.org>]

  On Wed, 8 May 1996, Lewis Lorton wrote:
  > Its a package deal. Your choice.
  > 
  > You could move to rural Belize, live on roots, cure yourself with herbs and
  > pay for your grub by picking coconuts.
  > 
  > What Saxon King commanded the tide to stop and ended up with wet feet?
  
      I'm sure Lew has a point to make here, but I'm a bit lost.  What do 
  herbs and coconuts have to do with giving consumers greater power over 
  how their medical records are used?  What's wrong with giving consumers 
  more "choice."  jamie
  
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