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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
The privacy issue is huge. It's possible that the benefits to patients may outweigh the risks, but there are legitimate reasons to be concerned about this.
I think one of the issues that will seem weird is employer-based insurance oversight with easy access to your whole history, but hey, maybe we'll get nationalized health care too, so that won't matter. Imagine the customer service and quality you associate with the DMV but with access to all your medical records. Awesome.
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And the government deciding what's "meaningful" --
"The bill indicates that grants will go to establishments that show "meaningful use" of health IT, a somewhat vague description that analysts say could persuade physicians to hold off on upgrading their records." (http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/...ap6061672.html)
recovery.gov doesn't show where my money is going. It is a propaganda bar chart of motherhood and apple pie. I'll have to read the full bill, but it will take a while -- unlike those in Congress who distilled it and determined their votes not on party lines but on the merits (bullpuckey), I don't absorb instantaneously.
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