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Supreme Court Rejects Medical Privacy Case

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a lawsuit by privacy advocates who say the Bush administration's rules for disclosing medical records are too lax. Ten groups representing 750,000 consumers, medical practitioners and their patients challenged a federal rule that encourages development of an information system for electronic transfer of health data.

Medical privacy case rejected, Associated Press, October 2, 2006.