Now this is a lawsuit I back 100%! And so should you.

God Speed.

Healthcare IT News

WHITE PLAINS, NY – A class action lawsuit claims the stimulus act jeopardizes the privacy rights of the 65 percent of Americans who aren’t on Medicaid or Medicare by requiring healthcare providers to create an electronic health record of every person in the United States.

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Lead plaintiff Beatrice M. Heghmann, a healthcare professional who has never been covered by Medicare and Medicaid, says because Title XIII of the stimulus act aims to have everyone’s medical histories in the system by 2014, their personal health information would be a “mouse click away from being accessible to an intruder.”

Heghmann has sued Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, White House Office of Health Reform Director Nancy-Ann Deparle and Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Charlene Frizzera.

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The lawsuit claims that the stimulus act gives authority to Sebelius, instead of a doctor, to release medical information. It also allows government officials to link a person’s medical information with other forms of personal identification, such as a driver’s license number or Social Security number, Heghmann says. [...]

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