Obamacare = Goodbye To Privacy?

News Views — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:11:14 GMT

One of the problems with any proposed law that's over 1,000 pages long and constantly changing is that much deviltry can lie in the details. Take the Democrats' proposal to rewrite health care policy, better known asH.R. 3200 or by opponents as "Obamacare." (Here's our CBS News television coverage.)

Section 431(a) of the bill says that the IRS must divulge taxpayer identity information, including the filing status, the modified adjusted gross income, the number of dependents, and "other information as is prescribed by" regulation. That information will be provided to the new Health Choices Commissioner and state health programs and used to determine who qualifies for "affordability credits."

Over at the Institute for Policy Innovation (a free-market think tank and presumably no fan of Obamacare), Tom Giovanetti argues that: "How many thousands of federal employees will have access to your records? The privacy of your health records will be only as good as the most nosy, most dishonest and most malcontented federal employee.... So say good-bye to privacy from the federal government. It was fun while it lasted for 233 years.

Source:

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/26/taking_liberties/entry5268079.shtml

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Humanevents.com: Inside the Monstrous Obamacare Bureaucracy

RE: Obamacare = Goodbye To Privacy?

Lido — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:47:00 GMT

Most of our privacy is already gone. Isn't there something in the Constution about the right to privacy?

RE: Obamacare = Goodbye To Privacy?

R.A. Shipman — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:01:54 GMT

Yes details and specificity are missing in most of the statements from Congress in Obama's proposed healthcare. As the Roman Cornelius Tacitus said " Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty." So what is the big hurry?

RE: Obamacare = Goodbye To Privacy?

Rob — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:14:28 GMT

If "Obamacare" is passed in its present form, then the answer is a definite YES! We will lose even more of our privacy than we already have. From "ObamaCare" to his assault on the Internet, Radio, TV and Newspapers, Obama is not-so-quietly destroying individuals' rights to privacy and access to un-censored news and information!

Stop him now, America! Or suffer the consequences in the very near future!

RE: Obamacare = Goodbye To Privacy?

American Patriot — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:11:34 GMT

All this is because liberals don't give a flip about anyones health care, they just want control of the system. Shameful is what they are.

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