That's the place you put your major fundraiser, your major political operative. But Bill Frenzel a former Republican congressman and a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution, says the Secretary of Commerce still has an important role to play. In Washington, I'm Stephen Henn for Marketplace. Protecting what should be confidential medical information was ordered up by Congress five years ago, but crafting the actual rules to govern this tricky area has taken till today. Helen Palmer reports from the Health Desk.
Health insurers have a different take.
There's no agreed universal standard software to ensure both security and appropriate access. But he reckons the regulations really do usher in a brave new world of efficient healthcare. The reality is, if implemented well, everyone is continuously in a clinical trial, experimenting and learning, and improving the quality of medical care. Another bunch who believe the U.S. economy is slowing are oil traders. As Marketplace's Sarah Gardner reports, it is the deregulation plan these companies pushed so hard for that's coming back to bite them.