“Who would ever have thought we would have accepted even the concept of an individual, centralized “permanent medical record” in the first place?”
They are doing this through the medicare/medicaid angle. If doctors drop those then they don’t have to participate.
The states are already building the Health Information Exchanges though.
I can see why everyone is upset over what is forced participation in a health exchange. Nobody should be forced in by the government. There’s simply no excuse for such a power grab.
However there are some positives that we cannot ignore. If you’re going to argue the point with a lib you best be ready to understand this is about intrusion,as one of many steps to completely regulate our lives,a scenario that would actually scare plenty of libs as well.
First off having everything(or as many as wish to opt in as a preferable choice) would save money. Of course if not enough opted in those savings would dissipate and create yet another useless govt program.
Second it would save lives. If a person lived in state A and was traveling to state B and became gravely ill, records could be accessed quickly to help determine treatment. Try and get your medical records from your doctor on a weekend.
These are not invalid points.Whether they offset the intrusion,the further erosion of personal liberty is the question that only we can answer,not the government.