Asinine comparison. Diabetes is not contagious, so there is no public-health justification for tracking it.
I've been a Type I diabetic for 25 years, and my blood sugar control is nobody's business but mine. This is the price we will pay as the government gains an ever-greater stranglehold on the health system.
Ooh, you forgot the monetary cost. Someone's going to have to be paid to do this.
They've got too much money...if they are going add a program like this. It'd be far better to monitor kids 6-18 years old, and provide free dental care for those who can't afford it. This program does nothing to help society...the guys with diabetes know their situation and either take care of themselves or don't. The amusing thing is that your data with the doctor or hospital is private...and unless you agree to release it or the state mandates a part to be released (which they won't do)...then this is all a bogus program. Hmmmm....sounds like they already know that and are simply hiring on some medical management nimwits and some computer geeks to run a city-sponsored program...big bucks for doing nothing. Maybe some city councilmen's daughter needs a new job and they baked this one for her.