[jimtorr]

""........why in the world would Kennedy try to to help conservatives??""

He's not. He just wants another campaign issue to demagog.

Kennedy also wants some of things in the original regulations. If I remember correctly, it's these "privacy" regulations that Hillary was going to use to give government - local, state and federal - unrestricted access to all medical records.

[bonesmccoy]

You are completely correct regarding Hillary Clinton's endeavour to break the physician-patient relationship. In my opinion, these regulations, called HIPAA, were designed to institutionalize new layers of bureaucracy meant to limit and control physicians in this nation.

Now, regarding Tedeee Kennedeeee...

EDWARD M. KENNEDY (D-MA)
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