They will never be able to reliably implement this. Literally dozens of private companies and government agencies trying to link all these legacy and proprietary systems will make the website launch look like a massive success.
I wonder who gets sued on January 3rd when someone cannot afford their injectable clot busting drug, and then goes home and dies.
Will it be me? I’m the little guy on the totem pole in my faux scenario. CVS/Walgreens/Kroger/RiteAid won’t protect me. If I tell someone “Nope, sorry, it’s gonna be $1000” and they do not have $1000, am I the “licensed evil man” who gets the lawsuit?
My guess at this moment in time is yes, and that’s why I’ve decided to not engage in “retail” again until at least mid 2015, when there is some semblence of law and order again. I carry my own malpractice insurance, but it’s puny compared to the big guns. And I have to think of my kids.
Then there's a ultimate security threat of the world having every American's information
being sold to every thief in the world market. Maybe that's in the plan too, because it
absolutely will happen. Then the fix will be a national ID, accept for illegals.