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(56,582 posts) Thu Jun 27, 2013, 12:02 PM Jun 2013

Wow... the government keeps records of all doctors' visits for 130 million Americans [View all]

Every single visit, every single treatment. Sure, there's a "law" that keeps them from misusing that, but who trusts the Government, for God's sake?

(That's 50 million on Medicare, 72 million on Medicaid, and 8 million in the VA.)

They also keep track of over 3 million American's weekly job searches. And the academic progress of 50 million American students -- children! Will somebody please think of the children?

I'm reading stuff here about never trusting the Government that, frankly, belongs on a different site. If you don't trust the government to monitor patterns in communications, why do you trust them to handle your retirement? Or your health insurance? Or your kids' education? If you think the laws don't apply to the NSA, why do you think they apply to the Department of Education or HHS?

Has this revelation made anybody rethink support for single payer healthcare? Gun registration? Product safety regulation?

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Wow... the government keeps records of all doctors' visits for 130 million Americans [View all] Recursion Jun 2013 OP

No, not really. EOM alfie Jun 2013 #1

Corporations and credit card companies need to know too... L0oniX Jun 2013 #2

Good point. Do you (or anyone else) trust HHS not to sell your information to pharma? Recursion Jun 2013 #3

So trusting the government to educate is akin to trusting the government to spy on people? NoOneMan Jun 2013 #4

I'm trusting them not to spy when they analyze communications traffic patterns Recursion Jun 2013 #5

That *is* spying NoOneMan Jun 2013 #6

Nope (nt) Recursion Jun 2013 #7

Oh, only when Bush does it? NoOneMan Jun 2013 #9

No, not then either. Who calls whom is not protected information Recursion Jun 2013 #10

"To seek or observe something secretly and closely.", "To discover by close observation." NoOneMan Jun 2013 #14

Hold it: snot Jun 2013 #8

To clarify or continue . . . snot Jun 2013 #12

Nicely done. OilemFirchen Jun 2013 #17

Thank you for your moderated response. snot Jun 2013 #37

How true is that? Coke killed New Coke after a week Recursion Jun 2013 #13

Quick, what to say....yeah...Snowden forgot to return library books once! Pholus Jun 2013 #11

Probably some of both Recursion Jun 2013 #15

History lesson, by the way.... Pholus Jun 2013 #16

And that was rightly killed by Congress Recursion Jun 2013 #18

I just did an OP checking the claim that it is dead. Pholus Jun 2013 #21

That's a fair point; individual programs were continued, and of course we don't know which ones. Recursion Jun 2013 #22

You really want to compare apples and oranges? Fine with me. Savannahmann Jun 2013 #19

You really want those answers? Recursion Jun 2013 #20

And been called on it. Savannahmann Jun 2013 #23

Forget about the NSA - YOUR PHONE COMPANY HAS A RECORD OF EVERY CALL YOU MAKE!!!! baldguy Jun 2013 #24

When my phone company analyzes it to determine my loyalty, I'll worry. Pholus Jun 2013 #25

The government keeps all this stuff Politicalboi Jun 2013 #26

So if the government is a bunch of lying liars who lie, why aren't we libertarians? (nt) Recursion Jun 2013 #28

I love these "trust the government" threads.. SomethingFishy Jun 2013 #27

Are you a libertarian? Recursion Jun 2013 #29

You trust the government. I have no desire to try to convince you otherwise.. SomethingFishy Jun 2013 #30

Blind trust is not democratic newthinking Jun 2013 #32

So you would not trust the government to have your medical records, correct? treestar Jun 2013 #36

progressives share in the belief that government can do good sigmasix Jun 2013 #31

Good, democratic, transparent, regulated, and accountable government is good newthinking Jun 2013 #34

And let us not mention the IRS, MineralMan Jun 2013 #33

Exactly treestar Jun 2013 #35