[LINK] Your Medicare records online

Jan Whitaker jwhit at melbpc.org.au
Wed Mar 3 11:13:52 AEDT 2010


At 10:50 AM 3/03/2010, Ivan Trundle wrote:
>The report was even more puzzling to me since it declares that the 
>number of cases is getting smaller, so why all the hyperbole?

Because it's not just a matter of numbers, I think. If there were 
only five breaches and that information was anonymously sent to the 
press, is that worse or less worse? If it were your cancer treatment 
information, or perhaps that of your child, better or worse 
situation? [Not wanting to be personal here, but it helps put these 
sorts of things in perspective]

I must say that the actual medical information is not YET going to be 
linked, just your name, address, phone, medicare number, and date of 
birth, possibly birth order. In fact, the whole system is so mired in 
bad planning that it may never see the light of day. But oh yes, 
we'll still all have our new numbers! And there's another bit in the 
fine print of the legislation. Much of the specifics will be 
determined in regulation, NOT in the Act.

Jan



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