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Spitzer signs medical rights, 911 bills -- amNY.com

N.Y. (AP) _ Gov. Eliot Spitzer has signed bills into law that will provide added consumer protections to people in the health care system and alert consumers about potential shortcomings of Internet phones.

One law broadens the rights of health care consumers, physicians and hospitals associated with managed care health plans and streamlines rules so medical decisions can be made and acted upon faster.

"This legislation secures important new rights for health care consumers, doctors and hospitals and represents the type of coordination among all stakeholders in the health care system that will be necessary in our march toward universal health coverage for all New Yorkers," said Governor Spitzer.

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