The Problem With the 'Privacy Moderates'

[TheKentuckian]

14. This is a newer tact that seems to be trotted out by some.

I'll agree, if it cannot be restricted from combing through them looking for spooks, collect material for blackmail, and fodder for the drug war.

So, in the current environment a NHS is probably off the table so we are left with single payer so that government pays the bills but doesn't have to own much in the way of operations. The government can be cut out of the loop and blinded to which claims are attached to which person. A system can be designed that secures information at each step. Care management can be placed in other hands, just by going to a professional review.


That said, historic track records of abuse of surveillance and abuse of medical records in various government plans including those operated in the US are fairly divergent. Other than drug war abuse, the potential seems rather small anyway unless we are so far down the hole that eugenics and forced suicide are a problem to be wrestled with.
How is the government going to abuse you having a heart murmur or a bad knee? Is there some reason to think everyone with high cholesterol is going to be rounded up?

Actually, it is the employer system that seems to present the greater risk by making a person unemployable.

No, your blood pressure and cancer history are not a danger to power but your knowledge, ideas, and organization are.