By Bob Parks ——Bio and Archives--September 30, 2009
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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told CNSNews.com he has “no idea” if people can opt out of having certain diseases and abortions excluded from the Electronic Health Records that doctors and other health care providers must create for every American by 2014 under provisions in the stimulus law that Obama signed in February.However…
In July, President Obama personally told the AARP that his administration was working to “computerize” comprehensive medical records so that people would not have to repeat their entire medical history, including “every medication they’ve taken, every surgery they’ve gotten,” each time they went to a new health care provider.But wait! There’s more….
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) told CNSNews.com last week that people would be able to exclude abortion and STDs from this record. CNSNews.com asked Gibbs about the issue at yesterday’s White House press briefing. “I’m not a health IT expert. I would direct you to somebody–I have no idea,” said Gibbs.When someone (in authority) figures it all out, please let us know.
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Bob Parks is a is a member/writer of the National Advisory Council of Project 21. Bob’s websites are Black & Right and youtube.com/BlackAndRight