Posted on 09/29/2013 2:39:15 PM PDT by John Semmens
After New York cardiologist Adam Budzikowski complained about new rules requiring him to query his heart patients about their sex lives, the New York chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union lodged a protest.
Why must a cardiologist be force to compile a dossier on his patients sex history, Budzikowski wanted to know. I dont need this information in order to treat my patients. I feel like they are turning me into a sort of Gestapo interrogator. If I dont ask these invasive questions Ill get fined by the IRS.
US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius defended the questions saying that the struggle for a healthier America requires the full participation of everyone in the healthcare community. Every doctor must extract vital information. Every patient must cooperate by answering truthfully.
Under the Affordable Care Act the government is taking on the primary responsibility for maintaining the heath of every American, Sebelius explained. In order for us to be able to plan for the health needs of everyoneboth in terms of laying out the appropriate therapies individuals will have to submit to and in terms of controlling the overall costswe must know what risks people are taking. As a significant vector for several serious medical conditions, a persons sexual behavior is pertinent information. No one can lawfully refuse to supply it.
Sebelius tried to reassure the ACLU that all of this information will be safely stored in a secure government site and will only be accessed on an as-needed basis by those duly authorized to do so.
In related news, the thousands of Obamacare navigators being hired to implement the programs heath insurance exchanges will not be required to pass a background check. There simply isnt enough time, Sebelius said. We weighed the possibility that persons with a criminal history might be hired and misuse confidential information as relatively minor and worth the risk. Thus far, an estimated $67 million has apparently been stolen from the Obamacare implementation fund.
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://azconservative.org/2013/09/28/dems-assail-gop-opposition/
My answer ?? I don’t have a sex life, I’m a married man. . .
I just lied my ass off during an interview with a psychologist which was a bogus prereq to *elective* surgery.
Though I was surprised they didn't ask about guns or bestiality.
Every doctor must extract vital information.
Every patient must cooperate by answering truthfully.
Hey Kathy...what about all those left out becaiuse of Obama's "waivers"?
So your data will be skewed...and screwed.
Is it bad or am I alone in the thought that a visit to an M.D. is more hazardous to my security, liberty, and health than just allowing my life to take it’s natural course as God intended it?
I mean life, liberty, happiness... I thought those were Natural Rights? Healthcare is a right... at the cost of my Natural Rights.
GTFO.
surprising - thanks for posting this
Look at the replies.
So many don’t get that it is satire. Even though at THE END it is stated as satire.
This satire crap is getting ridiculous. It is making fools of freepers in a very public way and gives amunition to the D.U. crowd.
Satire should be marked as satire in the headline, same as a barf alert.
I thought I was reading a script from a 1940s Nazi propaganda movie.You will Cooperate,you will be truthful or else.
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