So, what should we have known about the impact of the Affordable Care Act on the young and healthy adult population in South Carolina before we took federal funds to implement it?
What once stayed between you and your doctor will now go in a database.
The concept of doctor patient confidentiality is a wash. The data hub created under the the ACA will allow federal bureaucrats access to medical records through the patient’s insurance company. The insurance company will obviously get access to your medical records through your physician, who gets it from you. Answers to simple questions – do you smoke? do you drink? do you use, or have you ever used, illegal drugs? – and many others like these will all be available to the government. What choice do people have, then? They can tell the truth and fear what unknown consequences will stem from their responses, or they can in effect lie to their physician in order to protect their privacy. The latter option could lead to a host of problems – doctors may, for instance, find it difficult or impossible to properly treat some medical problems.
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