[LINK] The ABC weighs in on My Health Record

[JLWhitaker]

On 2/08/2018 10:47 PM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> The problem is that the government treats itself as a privileged case,
> not as a third party. The government should be a third party like
> everyone else. If that is accepted, then MyHR should not exist.
>
> Because it does exist, it will distort the trust necessary for good
> health care"
>
> It's actually an extension of the "everything you measure gets distorted
> by the measuring".

Or he who pays the piper calls the tune. Unfortunately, the government's 
$2Billion and counting has taken control of their senses.

We have a problem with governance conceptions in Australia -- it's a 
holdover from British rule, landowners, class, and 'subjects'. It 
happens all the time. The privileged get access ($440Million from the PM 
to a small outfit without tender), jobs (Downer dynasty and others like 
the Hunts), and call the shots. We the citizens are viewed as subjects 
to be ruled. We can't possibly have anything to contribute, despite many 
years of education and experience that ministers seldom have in their 
portfolio areas. The waste by governments is often due to this fact.

The MHR is just another example of 'we know best' from this government 
and also the one before. This is not a partisan divide. They're both in 
it up to their necks.

Jan

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