Dissent, over at PHIPrivacy.net, posted a link to Hello GovernmentCare, Goodbye Personal Privacy by Warner Todd Huston today.  The subtitle to the piece is, “A vote for Obamacare is a vote to give away your personal, private medical information.” 

In addition to the increased risk of medical identity theft that the rush to government controlled health care and the mandate for electronic health records will bring as previously noted on this blog, there are significant privacy issues that are not currently being addressed sufficiently.  Huston’s piece examines a portion of that concern.  Here’s the start of the commentary:

Do you want your government to know that you have bowel troubles? Do you mind if the president can discover if you have erectile disfunction? Would you be out of sorts if your local Congressman could discover if you’d had an abortion? How about if your state comptroller’s office or your governor could discover if you’d had breast implants? Well, a vote for Obamacare is a vote to give away your personal, private, maybe embarrassing medical information.

Do you think this is a silly claim? Well, don’t. In the newly released Obamacare plan, section 3102 titled “Financial Integrity” makes provision for state and federal governments to be able to investigate any medical care provider at any time. This provision gives government the right to look at any record that a doctor has in his files and that means your private medical information. Worse, they may do so without court approval, without a warrant, with no cause stated.

Please read the full piece and think about the path this country is headed down when the government takes over health care.