12/26/2000: Medical Privacy 'Loophole' Criticized (Bergen [N.J.] Record)Excerpt: "Privacy experts are finding big holes in new rules-- signed by President Clinton amid much fanfare this week-- that are supposed to help keep the confidentiality of health information airtight. Most troubling, some experts say, is a provision that will allow drug companies, hospitals, for-profit clinics, and other marketers to use patients' medical records to sell their services and products."
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