this is little more than fear mongering…to stop something that is vital to everyone’s health care.

Your records are already in electronic form if you have a driver license, or own property or have a bank account.

this sentiment is luddite in the extreme…

you guys of all people with your police interests should know…

right now.. in many police cars and at traffic signals are devices that can instantly “capture” a license plate.. send it to a database and alert the policeman if the driver is a bad guy.

Now.. yes.. there are some inherent risks with regard to government and electronic data records but only in health care is this scare mongering seeking to delay it’s implementation.

ya’ll are basically afraid to deal with the world as it really is – right now.

you can’t make it go back.. you can only fix the things that need fixing as we go forward.

your health care is crumby because your doctor does not have access to an electronic version of our medical history – that’s the plain fact.

and your reason for opposing it? ” because hackers can get the data and mis-use it?”

lame…guys lame…

Let’s take the laptops out of the police cruisers because of the fear that hackers will hack into them – okay?

Meanwhile, there will be 10,000+ doctor’s offices in Virginia alone probably that will be connected to a massive database under this plan. What happens when the noisy next door neighbor that works at a doctor’s office and wants to know more about you decides to do a search for your complete medical record? What happens when a burglar breaks into a doctor’s office and uses their login to access the system and downloads a couple million medical records?

Everyone complained about the Real ID act and what biometric information would be stored on those IDs. If this goes forward, the government would have access to anyone’s medical information. It’s bad enough they send you a 20 page census form to fill out every ten years but now they would access to the medical information. How long until that information is regularly analyze by someone to look for terrorists or whatever else ‘national security threat’ is the theme of the day?

It’s because they do not have access to your full set of medical records…

they may not even know what drugs you are taking unless you can remember to tell them.

Do you know have many duplicate (and expensive) tests are given.. or more important.. ones that should be done but are not.. because the doctor did not see your complete medical history and, in fact, was looking a 3 pages of what you were able to remember in 5 minutes?

There are indeed risks in electronic records (of any kind) but can you imagine … even police work.. in a non-electronic world?

This is the reason why the Republicans are losing by the way.

they are not interested in dealing with the issues that affect the common man…

Warner is… flaws and all.. and that’s why he and the Dems are winning…

they are looking for solutions.. flawed and all rather than fighting change.