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考研英语报刊文章阅读及剖析（7）
Behind the brewing war over protecting patients' records in an age of HMOs
and online medicine.
Technology is a two-edged sword. Rarely is this as clear as it is in the
realm of health care. Technology allows doctors to test their patients for
genetic defects--and then to turn around and spread the results throughout the
world via the Internet. For someone in need of treatment, that's good news. But
for someone in search of a job or an insurance policy, the tidings can be all
bad.
Last week President Bill Clinton proposed a corollary to the patients' bill
of rights now before Congress: a right to medical privacy. Beginning in 2002,
under rules set to become law in February, patients would be able to stipulate
the conditions under which their personal medical data could be divulged. They
would be able to examine their records and make corrections. They could learn
who else had seen the information. Improper use of records by a caregiver or
insurer could result in both civil and criminal penalties. The plan was, said
Clinton, "an unprecedented step toward putting Americans back in control of
their own medical records."
While the administration billed the rules as an attempt to strike a balance
between the needs of consumers and those of the health-care industry, neither
doctors nor insurance companies were happy. The doctors said the rules could
actually erode privacy, pointing to a provision allowing managed-care plans to
use personal information without consent if the purpose was "health-care
operations." That, physicians said, was a loophole through which HMOs and other
insurers could pry into the doctor-patient relationship, in the name of
assessing the quality of care. Meanwhile, the insurers protested that the rules
would make them vulnerable to lawsuits. They were especially disturbed by a
provision holding them liable for privacy breaches by "business partners" such
as lawyers and accountants. Both groups agreed that privacy protections would
drive up the cost of health care by at least an additional $3.8 billion, and
maybe much more, over the next five years. They also complained about the
increased level of federal scrutiny required by the new rules' enforcement
provisions.
One aim of the rules is to reassure patients about confidentiality, thereby
encouraging them to be open with their doctors. Today various cancers and
sexually transmitted diseases can go untreated because patients are afraid of
embarrassment or of losing insurance coverage. The fear is real: Clinton aides
noted that a January poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates found that one
in six U.S. adults had at some time done something unusual to conceal medical
information, such as paying cash for services.
By EVAN THOMAS Newsweek; 11/08/99, Vol. 134 Issue 19, p67, 1/2p, 1c
注(1)：本文选自By EVAN THOMAS Newsweek; 11/08/99, Vol. 134 Issue 19, p67, 1/2p,
1c
注(2)：本文习题命题模仿对象2003年真题text 2
1. The author begins his article with “technology is a two-edged sword” to
_____________.
[A] show that doctor’s improper use of technology can end up in bad
results
[B] call on people’s attention to the potential danger technology can bring
to us
[C] warn of the harm patients are prone to suffer
[D] show the advantages and disadvantages of technology
2. According to the proposal made by President Clinton, patients will be
able to do the following EXCEPT _____________.
[A] enjoy more rights to their medical records
[B] be open with their doctors
[C] decide how to use their medical information
[D] sue their insurers for improper use of their medical records
3. Doctors tend to think that the rules _____________.
[A] may ruin doctor-patient relationship
[B] can do more harm than good
[C] will prevent doctors from doing medical research
[D] will end up in more health care cost and poorer medical service
4. The example of the January poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates
is used to show that __________________.
[A] American patients’ concealment of their medical information has become
a big concern
[B] a large portion of patients would rather leave their diseases
untreated
[C] concealing medical information is widespread in the U.S.
[D] paying cash for medical service is a common practice among American
patients
5. From the article we can learn that ________________.
[A] American government will tighten its control over the use of patients’
personal information.
[B] doctors and insurers are both against the rules for the same
reasons
[C] patients are entitled to have complete control of their medical
information
[D] the new rules put insurers in a very disadvantageous position
答案：A B B A D
篇章剖析
本文主要讲述了病人医疗隐私权立法及其引发的争议，采用的是指出问题---分析问题的模式。作者首先说明了病人医疗隐私泄露可能带来的问题，接着谈了提议中的病人医疗隐私权法案的内容。在第三段作者说明了反对该法案一方的观点。最后一段则强调了新法规的宗旨和不立法可能造成的不良后果。
词汇注释
brewing adj. 酝酿中的;逐渐形成的;即将发生的
HMO: Health Maintenance Organization 医疗保健机构
tidings n. 消息
corollary n. 必然的结果;推论
stipulate v. 规定，保证
divulge v. 泄露, 暴露
bill v. 宣布，宣告
managed-care plan: n. 管理式医疗保健计划
loophole n. 漏洞
pry v. 探查，侦查，窥探
provision n. 规定
liable adj. 有责任的
breach n. 违背;不履行
难句突破
1.The doctors said the rules could actually erode privacy, pointing to a
provision allowing managed-care plans to use personal information without
consent if the purpose was "health-care operations."
主体句式：The doctors said …
结构分析：本句中pointing to
这个作伴随状语的分词短语又包含了一个介词without引出的方式状语和由if引导的条件状语从句，使得句子的结构变得较为复杂。
句子译文：医生认为这些法规实际上是在破坏隐私权，因为其中一条规定允许管理式医疗保健计划(managed-care
plan)在“开展医疗保健工作”时可以不经许可使用个人信息。
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