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To: Zeddicus

Your wish is our command.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aLzfDxfbwhzs

There is a link to the bill’s text in the article.


23 posted on 02/09/2009 12:45:23 PM PST by Bahbah (Typical white person-Snow white)
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To: Bahbah
From the Bloomberg article:

The bill’s health rules will affect “every individual in the United States” (445, 454, 479). Your medical treatments will be tracked electronically by a federal system. Having electronic medical records at your fingertips, easily transferred to a hospital, is beneficial. It will help avoid duplicate tests and errors.

But the bill goes further. One new bureaucracy, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, will monitor treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective. The goal is to reduce costs and “guide” your doctor’s decisions (442, 446). These provisions in the stimulus bill are virtually identical to what Daschle prescribed in his 2008 book, “Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis.” According to Daschle, doctors have to give up autonomy and “learn to operate less like solo practitioners.”

The libs screamed about the Patriot Act that it potentially might violate citizens' privacy because the government was listening to terrorists conversations. Yet, they have no privacy objections that the government will be looking at citizens' medical records and advising doctors about whether or not to treat. Your government will know when you've had an exam of your private parts. Nice.

33 posted on 02/09/2009 12:54:18 PM PST by keepitreal (Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
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