Comment: When the scholars in Washington wrote this monstrosity, did they really think we wouldn’t notice? Or care?
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“The latest blow to American health freedom came June 14 in the form of a massive 253-page proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,…If approved… the rule “requires state, federal and local agencies as well as health insurers to swap the protected personal health information of anybody seeking to join the new health care program that will be enforced by the Internal Revenue Service,” reports the Washington Examiner.”
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“The crux of the regulation, which is explained on pages 72-73 of the hundreds-page guidance, doesn’t say anything about applicants having to first approve the release of their PHI..;”
“Some conservative groups, such as Americans for Tax Reform, have already begun sounding alarm bells over the virtually unrestricted release of PHI between government agencies at all levels….”
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“Obamacare’s onerous disclosure rules will formally and permanently put an end to your medical privacy… Make no mistake, this data is being compiled and will be “shared” with every agency imaginable down the line to use against you at some point in the near future.”
http://www.naturalnews.com/040958_Obamacare_medical_privacy_personal_information.html#ixzz2XQzya3cg
New Obamacare ruling requires government agencies to share your personal health details
J. D. Heyes
June 26, 2013