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On the recordMarch 11, 1999
they are at it again. We learned this morning from The Washington Post that those big government loving bureaucrats in the Clinton administration are up to their old tricks again. When we last heard from our friends in the Federal health care data collection business, they were attempting to carry out a little known provision in the law that would require every single American to have a special identification number so that their medical records could be tracked by the government. Now we learn that the administration seeks to create a new database that would collect personal information about millions of Americans who receive in-home benefits under the Medicare program. Under the guise of improving service, the Clinton administration intends to conduct a 19- page assessment of each patient, including questions concerning the patient's sense of failure, or socially inappropriate behavior. Enough already. Let us put a stop to this nonsense before it begins. Let us protect the privacy of millions of Americans. Let us once again say no to Big Brother.
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Steve Chabot
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Addressing concerns over government data collection related to Medicare under the Clinton administration.

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