I don't mind telling you all, this one scares the hell out of me. One of the single most dangerous Big Brother acts on the books. From what I've heard about this, the basic plan is for a centralized database containing everyones' health history and every doctor will be required to report every patient-visit to it. Even if I go to a doc and pay cash they will still be required to report it. What ever happened to doctor patient confidentiality. I may not want anyone other than my doctor to know that I have cooties or whatever. Isn't that my right. Apparently not! What's going to happen if you refuse to provide your "Medical Id" to the doctor. Will he have to refuse you treatment? Please somebody convince me that I'm wrong about this thing.
Fear and Loathing in the Land of the Free. Doug. bjs1779 wrote: > > I smell a rat! And no doubt Alternative medicene is the cheeze. > bjs > > Associated Press > July 22, 1998 Laura Meckler > > Associated Press > July 22, 1998 Laura Meckler > > Congress Won't Delay Medical IDs > > By LAURA MECKLER Associated Press Writer > > WASHINGTON (AP) -- Prompted by questions about patient privacy rights, > House Republicans > considered -- but rejected -- delaying a program to give every American > a computer identification number > to track health care from birth to death. > > In a 1996 law, Congress directed the Clinton administration to implement > the plan. But the administration > has moved slowly, fearing sensitive information about health and medical > treatments could land in the > wrong hands. > > While the administration has implemented related portions of the law, it > has yet to even issue a proposal > for the patient ID in light of misgivings by privacy advocates and some > doctors' groups. > > The ID numbers are meant to aid insurance companies that need to track > medical histories as patients > move from one plan to another, and to help health researchers by > providing unprecedented data about > the effect of treatments over a lifetime. > > Members of Congress did not recognize the privacy implications of what > they had done until media > reports about the issue came out this week, said a Republican > congressional aide who worked with the > House leadership in considering a delay. > > Leaders considered putting the plan on hold while they looked at it more > carefully, the aide said. But in a > meeting late Wednesday afternoon, they decided to let the law stand. > > The 1996 law that established the identifying code is known chiefly for > allowing many Americans to keep > their health insurance when they change jobs, even if they have > pre-existing detrimental health > conditions. The law also directed the administration to assign codes to > health care providers and > insurance companies. Those plans are moving forward. > > AP-NY-07-22-98 1924EDT > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net> -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
