Your Privacy? The Farmer Knows the Cow's Privacy Is a Delusion:

Turning our health care records into electronic data has been the battle cry of administrations from both parties in terms of solving the health care industry financial crisis. It's supposed to save tons of money and deliver better health care much faster.

But low and behold, the cost is loss of privacy. Robert Pear reports in today's New York Times that "The Bush administration has no clear strategy to protect the privacy of patients as it promotes the use of electronic medical records throughout the nation’s health care system, federal investigators say in a new report."

That's right, your health care data is up for sale to the highest bidder. Or maybe it'll just be given away. Think this is unimportant? Well, Pres. Bush has stated otherwise: “One of the things I’ve insisted upon is that it’s got to be secure and private. There’s nothing more private than your own health records.” Evidently Bush thinks it's important, he just doesn't have a clue what to do about it. Or maybe he just doesn't care.

As the pundit said, we are just so many cattle in the field, so shut up and eat the grass so the farmer can milk you.