Twila Brase CCHC twila@cchconline.org

DATE: TOMORROW, Tuesday, February 2, 2010
CAUCUS START TIME:  7:00 p.m.
PLACE: Find Yours!

Suggested Resolutions for Minnesota GOP & DFL Caucuses:

Also, ask your neighbors to sign the DECLARATION OF HEALTH CARE INDEPENDENCE!
Be it Resolved that the Minnesota Constitution be amended to include the Freedom of Choice in Health Care Amendment, including the freedom not to purchase health insurance and the freedom to pay directly for medical care.
RESOLUTION 1:

  • Whereas, medical privacy is an ethical and constitutional issue, and
  • Whereas, the 2008 bipartisan agreement on health care reform announced from the Governor’s office requires health insurance companies and other third-party payers, to report private patient data to the Minnesota Department of Health (Minn.Stat. 62U.04), and
  • Whereas, the data collection began July 6, 2009, and
  • Whereas, the Minnesota Department of Health has a $1.2 million contract with the Maine Health Information Center to collect and analyze the data, and
  • Whereas, the 3-year cost of the data system is nearly $5 million, which does not include an extension of the MHIC contract after the first 18 months, and
  • Whereas, patient consent is not required for the sharing of private data, and
  • Whereas, the data may be used by government to penalize physicians and influence medical treatment
    decisions,


Be it Resolved that the 2008 patient ‘Encounter Data’ law be repealed. More