You’re stirring the pot with an idiot stick.
In a free country, citizens are not chattels of the state no matter what kind of spin you try to put on it.
But the corporatists/soviets corrupting our government have changed that.
Nice insult, but you miss my point. (bear in mind that I would NOT agree to such compliance methods being enforced for ambulatory anitbiotics or statins or analgesics, but MIGHT consider them to be a good idea for very high risk chronic care patients.)
**IF** you agree to health INSURANCE coverage, then your insurer has a (arguable) right to ascertain if you are behaving in ways commensurate with the risk they agreed to cover. For example, again, your health insurance premiums are lower IF you are indeed a non-smoker. An INSURANCE company that you MUTUALLY contract with has a right to ‘know’ that you are behaving in expected or promised ways. IF you don’t like it (their terms) then you have the right to not contract with that insurer.
I agree that we are not chattels of the state, and careful reading of my post would reveal I do not sponsor OR spin that idea.
**IF** the gummint were to become our ‘insurer’ and then require us to participate according to its terms AND ALSO implement this RFID tagging scheme, then I as well WOULD have a real problem with it.
But please take a moment to consider two practical upsides —
(1) in a hospital environment, such medical tagging can help make certain your sick family member received the right medicine, the right dose, at the right time.
(2) in a chronic care environment for your eldery grandmother you can have peace of mind knowing she is taking her meds that maintain her quality of life, AND also know of AEs (adverse reactions/events) in time to heal her.
My point is that WITH CONSENT there IS a place for this technology. Sure it can be used for evil, but don’t over react.