All Your Medical Records are Ours

...On April 27, 2004, the President signed Executive Order 13335 (EO) announcing his commitment to the promotion of health information technology to lower costs, reduce medical errors, improve quality of care, and provide better information for patients and physicians. In particular, the President called for widespread adoption of interoperable electronic health records (EHRs) within 10 years so that health information will follow patients throughout their care in a seamless and secure manner. This means that their medical information is available to the right people at the right time, while remaining protected and secure...

That's right, after 2014, everything about every American, from before birth (dare I say conception- but that's another issue) until death will be online and available to those with the Right Stuff.

The Right Stuff likely being the payola to give the private contractors to whom this database will likely be outsourced.

Oh, no, you say, certainly before then we'll have a Democrat who make it right.

I wouldn't hold your breath until the Democrats get back in power. Need I make my prediction again for this fall? Bu$hCo polls in the 20 percentile, and the Rethuglicans Diebolding a net gain of Congressional seats.

Even if we do miraculously manage to throw the bums out, don't be so sure our bums will be any better. Look at what ex-Clintonistas are doing to us now. Look at the triangulation of the Once and Future Hillary.

They won't be any better unless we make them so.

In the meantime, however, like Glenn says, we have to stop the wingnuts and their corporate sponsors from nuking their way to "success" (if Armageddon and genocide are your idea of success) in the Middle East.

[Thanks again to Atrios for links.]