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Senate health care bill: the five paragraphs you must read: Buried in the Senate's 2,074-page health reform bill are provisions that undermine your health freedom and privacy. (Sue Blevins and Robin Kaigh, 11/23/09, CS Monitor)

What most of us know about the Democratic bill is that it requires nearly all Americans to have health insurance. What most of us don't know is that it requires us to buy a minimum level of insurance approved by the federal government, and forces health plans and providers to share our personal health information with the federal government and other entities. [...]

Buried in the Senate bill's 2,074 pages are provisions that actually permit and foster such things. Freedom and privacy are often lost in the fine print – which is why we've been studying the Senate bill since it was released Nov. 19 to help uncover the facts. Here are five highly invasive provisions Americans should know...