Yet Another Surprise in the Stimulus Bill

By now people who keep up with the news are aware that the economic stimulus bill the Democrats haphazardly threw together to be voted on this evening is chock full of pork, unnecessary funding of pet projects, and some major surprises along the way, such as a healthcare provision that will limit care delivered to the elderly.

But there is yet another surprise in the bill regarding healthcare. This monstrous piece of legislation that is supposedly intended solely to 'create jobs' for the American people contains a provision to create a national database where ALL of your medical records will be kept electronically in a centrally-located facility of the federal government.

That's right. Your medical privacy, if there ever really were such a thing, is about to go down the toilet.

This stunning development is detailed here. For your own good, you'd best be reading it.

I still want to know how any of this stuff 'stimulates the economy.' About the only thing I've seen stimulated so far is the outrage of the citizens.