If Only We Had A Universal Single Payer Health Care Plan, We Wouldn't Need To Do This

 "The Trump Administration announced a new initiative on Wednesday designed to allow Americans to share their medical records across a host of apps and programs managed by private tech companies—a move that proponents says will facilitate easier access to those records across the country’s fragmented health care system, but that digital privacy experts fear will risk making patients’ data less secure."

Another boondoggle and another method to allow big tech access to your personal records. And as I said in my headline, a universal single payer plan would mean one data base of medical information available to only providers...in one place...and it wouldn't need to include Google,Amazon, Apple, etc, etc, etc. 

For more details: Trump to Launch Private Health Tracking System With Tech Firms

"The Administration “secured commitments” from more than 60 tech and health care companies—including Amazon, Apple, Google, and OpenAI—“to begin laying the foundation for a next-generation digital health ecosystem that will improve patient outcomes, reduce provider burden, and drive value,” according to a press release from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)."

"...a move that proponents says will facilitate easier access to those records across the country’s fragmented health care system, but that digital privacy experts fear will risk making patients’ data less secure."

And of course the answer is right there in front of their face and actually coming out of their mouth. We have a fractured health care system...fix that and the issue resolves itself! 

And 60 tech companies? Does that sound easier to you??