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Even if it's used 'for good' I'd have a problem with that. And not just me, in the Netherlands we had a huge public discussion about a central health register,
by GekkePrutser 4y ago
Even if it's used 'for good' I'd have a problem with that.
And not just me, in the Netherlands we had a huge public discussion about a central health register, and the end result was an opt-in which many people didn't do.
As far as I know it's still opt-in. I never opted in, though I don't live there anymore. And here in Spain I don't have a choice, they're not as privacy-conscious here.
- dzhiurgis 4y agoGo to a private clinic and you’ll have your privacy If healthcare is socialise IMO it’s worth contributing your data, not only taxes.
- dredmorbius 4y agoOddlly enough, private clinics mandate signing over data to be shared with "parners" on a regular basis in non-negotiable patient service "agreements".
- dzhiurgis 4y agoBut at least you’re not selling out to big brother, only to big corp!
- dredmorbius 4y agoSurveillance capitalism feeds the surveillance state, and vice versa.
- GekkePrutser 4y agoI personally think privacy is a fundamental human right that trumps this. But it's an opinion of course. And private healthcare is also socialised. Just among a smaller group of contributors (those subscribing to the private health insurance) and someone is grabbing profit from it. It's not all that different.
- dzhiurgis 4y agoMixing up private health insurance vs going to private clinic and paying out of pocket. I don’t see how digitising and centralising your medical info into a useful form is any different vs keeping everything in paper in terms for privacy. Do you argue we have no medical records in any form?