Posted on 01/27/2009 7:48:03 PM PST by luv2ndamend
[You would still be able to store on your own personal hardware on a PC if you wanted to]
Of course, and I have a new 1T external hard drive now to store things in. The thing is, the article I skimmed over and forgot to save, said that computers would no longer be needed and I failed to find out the full meaning of that.
Guess they were just meaning to ‘store’ stuff.
By the way, HIPAA is a joke. It is waived anytime you sign a medical form or insurance application. Lots of data is collected and sold, since those forms are
considered “permission”.
Don’t believe me? Your Rx drug history is available to subscribers for $15.
It comes in a nifty “credit report” format that includes a “credit score” that includes your anticipated medical costs in future years.
LOL it is late here. I think my brain might already be asleep.
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Several web outfits talked of simple set-tops
Monitor or combined TV
Gates bought out WebTV in 1997 I believe and developed it further
He even had a satellite option
So Gates was the only one to really move on the concept
So did I!
I didn’t know Gates did it.
There was talk about Obama trying to create a civil war in our country. Let's just watch and see in time. Not a good idea for an Obama presidency.
Gun stores are running out of weapons and ammo since he got elected. Those are the silent majority people that bought them. Be patient enough to observe what the future will be. For ALL of us.
You have the right to make any doctor sign a handwritten contract that prevents him from releasing any information about you. Then he’s in the noose if he does.
I oppose abortion on demand but I think there are people who “need killin’” (and others who just need their butts whupped) so I don't think Pro-life is the term for me.
Pro second amendment
OK
Pro business
Needs some talking out to agree on what it means. Some people seem to have the attitude that Business is the only thing that counts and that the citizenry exists for the benefit of businessmen. I disagree with that. I do believe that society needs a strong business sector. I also believe that business is an underlying element of pretty much all we do.
Fair Tax
Agree with your sentiment.
Build the wall, stop illegal immigration
Agree.
We need something in their about Government. Smaller government is part of it but having government in it's proper role is part of it too.
One day we will wake up to find that one of these bills passed by Congress has made slaves of us all. That day might not be too far off.
And that's beside the privacy and confidentiality issues.....
Welcome to the new “Collective”. Resistance will be futile.
Frankly I don’t care if big brother knows if I have hemorrhoids or if I have been depressed or if I have some horrible STD. I want my life. That’s what we’re talking about here. My father suffered from a disease that required certain treatment. He had and incident, 911 paramedics took him to a hospital that was mere half a mile from the hospital where he was normally treated . . . they didn’t have his records. Without those records they did what they never should have done. As a consequence, my father died a horrible painful death. This is a trade-off I would make in a second.
A while back I received a letter from a nutritionist from a clinic in our health system. It said that the results of my most recent A1C test (a diabetic blood test) was such and such and my doctor wanted it to be lower and thought I needed to go to these diabetic meetings.
They asked me to call and sign up to attend and if I didn't, they would be calling me.
This person was a medical professional that I had never seen. My doctor had mentioned talking to a nutritionist and I said no, I was not interested. So apparently, against my wishes, my lab test results were shared with a nurse at another clinic in the system. I was sent a letter and DIRECTED to call to sign up for “re-education” (my word) classes or they would be calling me.
They called and I vented. I spoke to a supervisor about it and she said she couldn't understand why I was upset as this was allowed under HIPAA laws, when I see a doctor at the clinic everyone that works in that system has access and it was FOR MY OWN GOOD!!
Those of you with blood sugar levels that are not within the continually changing and lowering limits beware. You may be denied benefits if we have national healthcare unless you comply either by lowering your values or going to “re-education” classes. It's only the beginning. I'm sure the same will be done for those who are overweight, have high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, BMI rates etc.
This started a long time ago and people were not even aware of what was happening. It's always presented as something beneficial, better or for your own good.
Computerized records are still dependent on the humans that enter the data. And humans make mistakes. I have a friends whose records were mixed up in the computer with another woman with the same name. Because of it she was never notified that her pap smear was abnormal. It was found out several years after the fact when a doctor asked her when she had neck surgery. She hadn’t.
But, it’s for the good of the State. Dear Leader says so.
Excellent example. In fact, in the models that are proposed, you would be tagged as “non-compliant”. Everyone with “health conditions” or “unhealthy” habits would be expected to enter into approved treatment. Penalties are under consideration.
This is the “cost containment” part of the model that is expected to make it pay for itself, and they are deadly serious about it.
Problem here was that the list of USPS employees, with addresses, was CONFIDENTIAL, and protected by the privacy laws.
So, how did MBNA get the list?
Turned out MBNA obtained it from a legitimate list broker (yup, it's an entire industry with you in mind). The list broker got it from "someone else" in CANADA.
Between USPS and CANADA that list was stolen ~ and it even has several large unions, the Postal Inspection Service, the FBI and Treasury Departments protecting it.
So much for your medical records being kept private ~ just can't happen ~ not if it's in the governments' hands.
There’s always someone who says “do this” but we never do. I’m getting ready to buy my very first terabyte home computer system for something like $430 ~ I know Google.com can offer me much more space for less but they do obscene acts with the Chicoms, so I’m keeping it at home ~
Think "glacial speed".
Best you see the nutritionist ~
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