Bob, be sure you are the first in line for your implant!
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Coverage Under Obamacare would lead to an implantable Micro-chip?
by DefendUSx August 31, 2009 17:10
From Blogsphere: Source Bill H.R. 3200 (America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009)
The Obama Health care bill under Class II (Paragraph 1, Section B) specifically includes ‘‘(ii) a class II device that is implantable." Then on page 1004 it describes what the term "data" means in paragraph 1, section B:
(B) In this paragraph, the term ‘data’ refers to in
formation respecting a device described in paragraph (1),
including claims data, patient survey data, standardized
analytic files that allow for the pooling and analysis of
data from disparate data environments, electronic health
records, and any other data deemed appropriate by the
Secretary"
What exactly is a class II device that is implantable? Lets see...
In Section 2521 of the Bill labeled "National Medical Device Registry", a class II device is defined as: "a class II device that is implantable, life-supporting, or life-sustaining. "
To verify this, open the bill and do a search for "implantable" and you will find the definition above!
Even just as alarming is this phrase below used in conjuction with "Class II" device usage: "other postmarket device surveillance activities of the Secretary authorized by this chapter"
Furthermore, under this Section 2521, the following is stated in a new topic category:
Electronic Exchange and Use in Certified Electronic Health Records of Unique Device Identifiers-
"The Secretary of the Health Human Services, acting through the head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, shall adopt standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for the electronic exchange and use in certified electronic health records of a unique device identifier for each device described in paragraph (1)"
It is still unclear as to what conditions would apply as to either voluntarily or being required in getting a chip implant.
There are numerous other bills that "supplement" and "support" this main bill. Until those are researched, it will be unknown as to what a slippery slope these chip implants would incur, or if they are simply for effecitve statistical measurements of current or standard implants otherwise (pacemakers etc.)
