Get screwed by the Government

Most people trust their doctor; I mean you wouldn't go to your doctor if you didn't trust they had your best interests at heart right? Well, the Australian Government are asking its citizens to trust them with their medical records and history currently...Hmm...How about nah! I don't trust you at all Government!

The Australian Government have introduced a register called My Health Record. It is set up automatically, with your medical history being uploaded, unless a person opts out. I opted-out today, as did my wife. I don't trust it for a few reasons, most of them documented on the internet as concerns others also have. You can google it if you like.

Here's a couple of reasons that struck a chord with me...A non-sheeple.

• It cannot be relied upon as a true and accurate clinically-reliable record and neither is it comprehensive or up to date. The OAIC even state:

The My Health Record system contains an online summary of a patient’s key health information; not a complete record of their clinical history.

A doctor treating a patient in an emergency situation could not rely upon it for accurate medical information about the patient. Sounds like more a hindrance than a help and if it's not reliable why do they need my information in the first place?

• The obvious security risk from the online transmission and storage of personal information. It will be available for research applications and despite the information being de-identified (not identifiable to a person "apparently"), third-party access creates security hazards. The individual won't even know who has seen their information.

So we have opted out. I'm not sure if that's going to affect my on-going health or that of my partner however I feel a little better knowing my medical information is not being shared and disseminated.

These days it's difficult to keep a low profile, and personal information, close to our chest. Spending is tracked, our finances are tracked and indeed we are tracked via camera virtually everywhere we go. We even go out of our way to help those keeping tabs on us by posting our whole lives on Facebook, checking into where we are, liking pages allowing them to put more of the same in front of us...(Well, most do...I don't do the Facebook thing. Got rid of that shit ages ago.)

I don't know whether my small act of defiance will have any impact on the amount of my personal information available to the Government however I feel a bit better about opting-out. I mean who the fuck do they think they are automatically opting-me-in? They run a few TV adverts telling the sheeple it will happen, give the bullshit deadline to opt-out and then they just upload my medical details? I think not. It's enough I'm obligated to quote my Tax File Number to any financial institution I use...They don't need access to my medical history also.

People can opt-out until 31 January 2019 so here's the link to help you do so. My Health opt-out It's easily done and only takes a few minutes. You'll need your Medicare card plus your drivers license or passport. If you're one of those people who think it's a great idea then you don't have to do anything to make your medical history, and that of your children, accessible to the Government and whoever they decide to share it with. Just sit tight and you're in.

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