Life With Big Brother

Your Health Records On Sale Block
Critic says patient consent unneeded in stimulus plan

Posted: March 27, 2009
7:50 pm Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2009 WorldNetDaily 

The head of the Institute for Health Freedom says now is the time for American residents to rise up if they want to keep control over their health records, because the data soon will be for sale and is forecast to become the next "gold rush."

WND has reported several times on similar issues, including when parents in Minnesota recently sued the state to prevent the collection of their infants' DNA without permission to use it for research.

Institute President Sue Blevins said the new "stimulus" bill approved by Congress provides for electronic health records for all Americans.

The move, she says, weakens an individual's control over his or her own health records to the point that data could be employed for research that may end up being used against the patient.

"The economic stimulus law plans for every American to use an electronic health record (EHR) and allows those records to be sold for research and public-health purposes – without patients' consent," she explained.

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