Last month, in an op-ed published by the Examiner, Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., raised alarms over a provision in President Obama’s national health care law that could give the government access to Americans’ private medical records.
“In a proposed rule from Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the federal government is demanding insurance companies submit detailed health care information about their patients,” Huelskamp wrote.
After the article ran, the Department of Health and Human Services extended the public comment period on the new rule being proposed. Now, Huelskamp is leading the charge against the measure.
According to his office, the Congressman is in the process of gathering signatures from fellow members for two letters. One would be to Sebelius expressing opposition to the database and another would be to the House Appropriations Committee calling for its defunding.
Thus far, his office says, the letters have garnered a lot of interest.
