A Zogby poll just out on Monday shows nearly two-thirds of voters take a dim view of government maintaining computerized medical records on all Americans. That s right. Your elected Congress has passed a law forbidding it. Elections, laws, public opinion, they don t matter.
Professional bureaucrats stay put, and they ve seen administrations come and go.
Their agenda is undisturbed by what you think. It has just been pointed out to Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson that a year ago this month, during the Clinton administration, private health care entities were instructed to reserve a field in their health care programs for a forthcoming government-issued ID number for all Americans. Under Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the Secretary of Health and Human Services must adopt a standard individual indentifier for use in this transaction. If so, federal law is being violated. And I would respectfully urge you to take swift corrective action.