Pawlenty unveils plan to revamp health care system in Minnesota

[Deja Q]

By 2011, Minnesotans could look forward to this -- by 2009, State employees will be the guinea pigs:

"We need to put consumers in charge," he said. "We need to give them the tools so they can make good decisions. ... This would be a significant breakthrough in the way we maintain information in this state," and could serve to lower prices, ease paperwork and give consumers control over their medical histories

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Does that mean, in 2011, I can log into my super-secret secure account (hosted by Google, no doubt) and alter my medical history? That's what the article claims. It doesn't make any sense, but when do I ever make any sense?

[qb]

1. I wonder what kind of fly-by-night contractor he's going to find to do the medical info web site.

I hope it works better than the electronic documents management system. If it turns out that anyone can hack into our private health accounts the Star Tribune will let us know about it in a couple of years.

I do like the debit card idea. That would be easier for me and save a lot of paperwork.

[loveable liberal]

2. So how does Feelenty propose making even more money...

on Cancer patients? My mother has to go to fucking Switzerland on her own nickle to get cancer treatments that have been available to Europeans for 10 fucking years!!! It is standard care there.

Revamp Minnesota's health care system: Fuck you Timmy you idiot fuckwit tool.