AIDS and privacy groups criticize proposed changes to federal privacy rule.
Privacy advocates blast the Bush administration's proposed changes to the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and say the changes undermine some of the privacy rule's most important strengths, including the consent requirement prior to disclosures about private medical information. The American Hospital Association counters that the proposed changes will save money, cut bureaucracy and paperwork, and still provide adequate privacy protections.
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