One new bureaucracy, the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, will monitor treatments to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective. The goal is to reduce costs and “guide” your doctor’s decisions (442, 446).
Hospitals and doctors that are not “meaningful users” of the new system will face penalties. “Meaningful user” isn’t defined in the bill. That will be left to the HHS secretary, who will be empowered to impose “more stringent measures of meaningful use over time” (511, 518, 540-541)
So my Doc and my hospital are going to be forced into participating in this system? Good lord people, this is starting
to sound like the Matrix! If you saw the movie, you will understand this picture. Are we doomed to become the energy force that feeds the Matrix of the Federal Government?
These folks are out for pure control. Once our right to privacy is compromised, they've got you. I picture the scene where you are going in to vote, angry at the way the government has been running things. You are ready to throw 'da bums out! A pleasant lady dressed in a grey suit with a choker collar that has a thin red piping on it signifying her rank, greets you at the door to the polling station. "Good afternoon, Mr. Rumbler," she says. "I'm here to vote," you reply. "Mr. Rumbler, we hope you will vote for the correct candidate...we wouldn't want your employer knowing about your prostate situation, would we?"
The bumper-sticker left has one they sported on the backs of their Yugos during W's term that said "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." I wonder where I can get one of those.
Read the whole article over here.
to sound like the Matrix! If you saw the movie, you will understand this picture. Are we doomed to become the energy force that feeds the Matrix of the Federal Government?These folks are out for pure control. Once our right to privacy is compromised, they've got you. I picture the scene where you are going in to vote, angry at the way the government has been running things. You are ready to throw 'da bums out! A pleasant lady dressed in a grey suit with a choker collar that has a thin red piping on it signifying her rank, greets you at the door to the polling station. "Good afternoon, Mr. Rumbler," she says. "I'm here to vote," you reply. "Mr. Rumbler, we hope you will vote for the correct candidate...we wouldn't want your employer knowing about your prostate situation, would we?"
The bumper-sticker left has one they sported on the backs of their Yugos during W's term that said "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." I wonder where I can get one of those.
Read the whole article over here.
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