[been_lurking]

This is exactly the same kind of national database of private health records that Hillary Clinton wanted in her failed health care reform attempt. At the time, conservatives went into a wild-eyed fury over the idea of such government intrusion into their personal medical information.

Now that Obama has announced the very same program for veterans as a trial balloon, it is getting little if any push back from anyone.

Obama is using the veterans as a critique-proof test group to trial the program. If it's "for the veterans" it must be a good thing. Anybody who opposes the program must be against veteran's health care. "The veterans" are now being substituted for "the children".

This has got to be stopped, but will any conservatives have the guts to call Obama on his slight-of-hand tactic? Can they without inciting the wraith of both liberals and conservatives?

Obama has probably found a new tactic that will be used grease the path for even more of his socialist agenda. It will all be done "for the veterans" first -- then it will be done to the rest of us.

[Cindy]

“...but will any conservatives have the guts to call Obama on his slight-of-hand tactic?”

[Cindy]

Good question.

[justiceseeker93]

Your concerns are very reasonable. There are several potential problems here, all very significant.

As you pointed out, this mandatory electronic medical record for veterans could be a pilot project with the idea on the part of the bureaucrats to extend it eventually to all Americans. It could be the beginning of a massive Big Brother medical data base.

This policy in and of itself seems to be a possible violation of the Privacy Act, which in general (with exceptions) prohibits government agencies from shuttling personal data on individuals from one agency to another without the specific individual's consent.

We all accept the fact that individuals entering the military agree to give up certain civilian rights upon doing so. But the Administration plan will now deny veterans their right to consent to the use of their military records in civilian life.

Veterans, upon discharge from the service, should have the same right to consent to the use of their medical records as all civilians should. The Obamatons now seek to deprive the vets of this right by using the subtrefuge of relieving them of the burden of "walking paperwork" from the military to the VA.

Seems as if veterans orginizations should be advised as to what the government's real agenda is, and strongly oppose this new policy.