The opinion piece below from Bloomberg exposes some reasonable concerns over the Big Brother initiative related to healthcare in the US. However, it does not raise the very real issue of everyone’s medical information being stored electronically and vulnerable to theft and misuse as has been the case with many sensitive databases to the current day.
The claims of socialism and worse appearing on the American horizon are supported by measures such as this. What happened to privacy? What happened to health issues being confidential and between a doctor and patient? No one should be naive enough to believe this is the first time the issue has been raised or that it is the only threat or case of medical information being compromised based on its personal nature. No one should have access to your medical information without your consent.
So what are you going to do about it? Relinquish all to your Messiah or stand on principle?
Stanford Matthews
MoreWhat.com
Commentary by Betsy McCaughey
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — Republican Senators are questioning whether President Barack Obama’s stimulus bill contains the right mix of tax breaks and cash infusions to jump-start the economy.
Tragically, no one from either party is objecting to the health provisions slipped in without discussion. These provisions reflect the handiwork of Tom Daschle, until recently the nominee to head the Health and Human Services Department.
Senators should read these provisions and vote against them because they are dangerous to your health. (Page numbers refer to H.R. 1 EH, pdf version).
The bill’s health rules will affect “every individual in the United States” (445, 454, 479). Your medical treatments will be tracked electronically by a federal system.
(Betsy McCaughey is former lieutenant governor of New York and is an adjunct senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. The opinions expressed are her own.)
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