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The Australian government online medical health record system is failing due to the number of people trying to opt out. The MyHealthRecord was introduced to store patients health records online so multiple doctors can access them. Many privacy and IT security advocates have warned that this type of system can be compromised. For most people it does not provide a great benefit. A key criticism is that users can't delete data only a provider can mark data as being hidden, and data is never actually deleted. With the Australian government throwing millions at this system to try to make it relevant this opt out may put a nail in its coffin. The government plans to sell data from this system to third parties, a fact which has not endeared it to the public with the recent government data breaches and census fiasco. People in Australia are voting with their feet to not be a part of it before it evens starts which says a lot about how people in Australia value their privacy.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Friday July 20 2018, @10:18PM (2 children)
Lucky Australians. ObamaCare is a disaster. Website down on purpose!!!! forbes.com/sites/sallypipes/2016/05/30/obamacare-is-failing-on-purpose [forbes.com]
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @08:12AM (1 child)
Humana abandoned several markets after posting a 46% drop in earnings.
Humana has put in for a 50% jump for its "low-cost" silver plan in the Detroit metro area. If approved, a 40-year-old making $35,000 would have to pay almost $5,000 a year in premiums. And that doesn't account for the plan's substantial deductible.
Some on the left seem secretly delighted that Obamacare is failing. Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., has advocated replacing Obamacare -- and all private insurance -- with a single-payer, Medicare-for-All system.
Does this mean the Australians are moving to an American style system, and Americans may soon move to the Australia Medicare style?
In Australia everyone pays .5 to 1.5% of their wage to Medicare. When you go to a doctor you can get 40% back on the fee to see the doc, and medicines on the PBS are gap limited. In a lot of cases it's only $5 to $20 for medicines.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @11:11AM
Americans already pay at least that much to medicare, but get no benefits. Every check I have money taken out for social security and medicare, but I'm denied coverage (and certainly can't afford private) and won't be able to get SS when I'm old because that money gets used to line politician's pockets.