Read "A Medical Version of the Patriot Act?" at the Campaign for Liberty website.
Our own dearly beloved fat-cat-criminal-in-politician's-clothing, "Representative" Roy Blunt, gets special mention...
"Yet politicians tell us not to worry. Actually, privacy is very lucrative for congressmen: they reap millions of dollars when they betray it. Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) each received more than a million dollars in contributions from health professionals and the pharmaceutical industry since 2000, and each sponsored industry-favored amendments in the stimulus bill that would undermine patient privacy, the Washington Post reported. Campaign contributions will ultimately determine how centralized health data is used. "However, Bailout Blunt and his "pay-to-play" style of "Representation" isn't even the worst of the news...
"The ultimate goal of the Obama program is "the utilization of a certified electronic health record for each person in the United States by 2014," as the stimulus legislation states. But having a massive electronic database will make it far easier for the government to coerce both doctors and patients. This is a peril as bad as or worse than the Patriot Act. "Please read the full article...
...
"The issue is not whether the personal health information government commandeers will be abused. Instead, it is simply a question of when, where and how it will be exploited."
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=36
