Confidential medical records to be accessed by insurers?

Opposition politicians have vowed to defeat the provision during committee work, arguing it opens the way to an unregulated market for the most sensitive personal data with no privacy protection (the bill imposes no restrictions as to the handling of the data thus obtained). Health Minister Ewa Kopacz argues that proper safeguards have been ensured, but the issue is set to generate strong controversy when the health committee begins work on the legislation. (Dziennik, p, 7) R.M.