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Will the Real John Ashcroft Please Stand Up?

By Melinda Roth August 23, 2000

The political view from John Ashcroft's Washington, D.C., office was probably anything but pastoral two months... More >>>

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Ken Vuylsteke, chairman of the medical legal committee of the Missouri Bar Association, says Ashcroft's amendment "is another roadblock on the way to getting needed care.... It's really illusory and, in fact, would reduce the rights consumers already have."

John Ashcroft, who from 1994-98 accepted more than $600,000 in campaign contributions from the Business Roundtable and about $250,000 from the health-insurance industry, became a zealous supporter of a patients' bill of rights that the American Medical Association called "a sham."

Ken Vuylsteke, chairman of the medical legal committee of the Missouri Bar Association, says Ashcroft's amendment "is another roadblock on the way to getting needed care.... It's really illusory and, in fact, would reduce the rights consumers already have."

Ashcroft co-sponsored a bill to extend the patent for the allergy drug Claritin, made by Schering-Plough, which gave $50,000 to one of Ashcroft's fundraising committees.

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John Ashcroft, who from 1994-98 accepted more than $600,000 in campaign contributions from the Business Roundtable and about $250,000 from the health-insurance industry, became a zealous supporter of a patients' bill of rights that the American Medical Association called "a sham."

By Richard Ellis/Newsmakers Photos

John Ashcroft, who from 1994-98 accepted more than $600,000 in campaign contributions from the Business Roundtable and about $250,000 from the health-insurance industry, became a zealous supporter of a patients' bill of rights that the American Medical Association called "a sham."

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