That may be true.
But I suspect that the fed is driving this invasive questioning in order to build a more complete database of our private information.
And they may have begun years ago.
“That may be true.
But I suspect that the fed is driving this invasive questioning in order to build a more complete database of our private information.
And they may have begun years ago.”
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Yes. Patients receiving MedicAid, Medicare and a host of other government grants and low cost/no cost health programs have a long list of questions to answer regarding tobacco and who lives in their home etc. and annually, the medical organization which provides care to them is required to submit extensive reports (not by patient name but by the number of patients who ‘met’ the government standard divided by the total number of patients the facility treated) on these factors (includes weight control). So in order to get the next year’s funds, the facility has to keep improving (i.e., more patients complying).
The documentation for this effort says that the gov is gathering information to see what treatments work, how health is best managed etc. but I am sure it’s primarily ‘keeping healthcare costs down’. A post on FR in the past month was quoting a physician who said with Obamacare, we would all have to answer these questions.