Now that the healthcare bill has passed and been signed into law, one must inquire: How will the federal government keep track of the millions of persons in America now (supposedly) required to operate according to the federal government’s healthcare program?

Now that the federal government is responsible to ensure that millions of people’s health concerns are treated or eliminated, how will the federal government distribute, execute, and ration its resources paid for by tax dollars? Now that the federal government has a vested interest in the health of hundreds of millions of Americans, how will they ensure that the system itself can be maintained by the government?

Identifying the means and methods by which the government will accomplish their task is less than speculative. Though the legislation itself does not mandate this technology to be used, as we reported five years ago, the implantation of Radio Frequency Identification chips (RFID) into all persons within the government’s healthcare system for purposes of “prevention, detection and treatment of diseases” is a primary objective of a number of government officials and industry proponents. Whether or not they will be successful in doing so remains to be seen.

RFID Chip

What is the RFID chip? It is a small electronic computer device placed into the skin of a person that can be used for identification, tracking, information storage and interfacing with external sources, such as for financial, business, commercial, governmental, educational, and medical institutions. In other words, an RFID can be utilized for every area of life.

Many legitimate and natural questions have been raised about RFID chips, like: What are the societal risks of the RFID chip? What are the foreseeable or likely governmental abuses? How does its implementation relate to the principles of freedom in a Constitutional Republic? Will I be able to maintain my rights of privacy and other liberties if I have an RFID implanted in my skin for societal and governmental purposes? As we will show, the answers are very relevant, because it is known that the federal government will likely mandate that these RFID chips be implanted into all persons in America.

The German IT industry group BITKOM recently conducted a survey that found that one out of four Germans would willingly, without force of law, have a RFID chip placed inside their skin for societal and governmental purposes. Perhaps those in the United States are not much different. The idea of a microchip being implanted into your body for these purposes has been around for several years and is only becoming more popular and accepted.

Advocates for RFID for Societal and Government Purposes

Some of the most well-known and widely listened to news commentators and political leaders have advocated the use of RFID chips for societal and government purposes. Andy Rooney, news commentator on CBS’s 60 Minutes, said on February 10, 2002: "Something has to change. They have to find a better way to identify the bad guys or the rest of us are gonna’ stay home and watch the world go by on television…. We need some system for permanently identifying safe people…. I wouldn't mind having something planted permanently in my arm that would identify me.''

While interviewing Scott Silverman (Applied Digital CEO), Sean Hannity said on October 24, 2008: “[Parents are saying:] we can’t even allow our kids to play in the front yard. Is there anything — technologically speaking — that [parents] can do that can help the situation, like a kidnapping. Is there, for example, a microchip…we can use for our kids?” In the interview, Silverman describes a PLD, which is an acronym for “Personal Locating Device,” which is an RFID chip. This PLD is to be implanted into the body of the “child or someone you are interested in tracking.”

While Hannity initially presents the RFID’s use into the context of “protecting children from being kidnapped,” Silverman quickly admits the multi-function purpose of the RFID: “It is the first implantable microchip for humans that has multiple security, financial and healthcare applications.” Sean Hannity’s response: “I love this idea, Scott.” Security, financial, and healthcare: These are the vast categories of use which would encompass all of human life and activity in America.

Three years earlier, Silverman already outlined his ambitions for revolutionizing healthcare in the United States. A July 25, 2005 WebMD article opened with this bold query: "They're here. They have FDA approval. But are Americans ready to get chipped?"

According to WebMD, Silverman offered the following statistics as support for his company's technology in relation to medical care:

"When we first announced VeriChip, a network poll asked people if they would put one in their bodies," Silverman tells WebMD. "Only 9% said yes. After FDA approval, 19% said yes. When former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson joined our board, the rate went up to 33%. But our own study shows that if you ask people whether they would have a VeriChip implant to identify their medical records in case of an emergency, the positive response goes to 80%."

WebMD concluded its report with this unsettling thought: "... Silverman says, some 2,000 people worldwide are using them for medical or security purposes. But soon he expects that millions of people will get VeriChip implants every year."

On July 31, 2005, in an articled titled "'Health Chips' Could Help Patients in US," The Business reported: "President Bush's former health secretary Tommy Thompson is putting the final touches to a plan that could result in US citizens having a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip inserted under their skin." Thompson's purpose in doing so? According to The Business: "The RFID capsules would be linked to a computerised database being created by the US Department of Health to store and manage the nation's health records."

Two months before these scattered news reports made less-than-noticed headlines, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) introduced S. 1262, the “Health Technology to Enhance Quality Act of 2005.” During a press conference at George Washington University Hospital, Senator Clinton stated: “This legislation marries technology and quality to create a seamless, efficient health care system for the 21st century.” Senator Frist characterized it as “an interoperable national health information technology system." The only way to have an interoperable information system is to have a unique identifier for each person in the system, which can't be altered, lost, stolen, or tampered with. In 2005, Clinton and her allies sought to lay the technological infrastructure for just such a system. Now that health care has been nationalized, why would they approach things any differently?

So, will the “common person” in America accept the implantation of an RFID for societal and government purposes? Some already are. Daniel Hickey, a retired Navy Commander, expresses his of-course-attitude when interviewed by Channel 5, WPTZ news: “They’ve been putting them into dogs and cats for years. It’s about time they put them into human beings.” Perhaps like Germany, the numbers of those who accept this idea in America will only continue to grow.

Plans for RFID Chips for Healthcare

The facts already establish that certain infrastructure in America is being implemented to incorporate the use and application of the RFID chip. Today, hospitals throughout America are already implementing RFID technology and have begun implanting RFID chips into their patients for medical purposes, such as those who suffer from Alzheimer.

Openly, “a number of U.S. hospitals have begun implanting patients with RFID tags and using RFID systems, usually for workflow and inventory management.” There are various groups that openly advocate for the use of RFID chips for all medical patients. As a result of this movement, many predict that the investment value of RFID technology will increase exponentially and dramatically, making many people very rich.

Even “the Department of Homeland Security has indicated it likes the concept of RFID chips,” CNN reported several years ago in an article about the Real ID Act. For what purpose does Homeland Security like RFID chips to be implanted into people’s skin? You name it. The same CNN report also noted that the Real ID Act required that "the IDs must include a 'common machine-readable technology' that must meet requirements set out by the Department of Homeland Security." — which could very well have meant RFID chips, though as the article pointed out, other possibilities could have included magnetic strips or enhanced bar codes. The Real ID Act requirements were derailed by a firestorm of resistance from the states. But there is, without question, a push by the private industry, investors, and the federal government to accept and (as time will tell) force this type of technology for “security, financial and healthcare” purposes.

Pre-Obama Nationalization of Healthcare and Use of RFID

What few people know is that the federal government has been making attempts to national the healthcare system for years, relating back to the Clinton administration’s push to create a National Identification for medical purposes, and which continued during the Bush administration.

To effectuate a national healthcare system, the federal government advances the use of RFID technology to be used in each medical patient for healthcare purposes. More than just for the treatment of the patient, the federal government proposes a “nationwide electronic health care information network for research and disease prevention.”

Without equivocation, on October 19, 1992, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, said: "It is our intention to act on our own and with the private sector in every area where we have authority to bring the new electronic network into being.” It was this same “electronic network” of healthcare that was advanced by G.W. Bush during his administration: “Strengthening the health care safety net is a necessary part of improving American's access to care.”

To the federal government, the purpose of creating a nationalized electronic safety network was to “research to improve the prevention, detection and treatment of diseases.” As became law under the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, the federal government recognized their role in “disease management programs” through their healthcare safety network. Then, one year after the FDA approved the full use of the RFID chips in humans, by executive order in 2005, G.W. Bush ordered HHS “to create a nationwide interoperable health information technology infrastructure.”

In conjunction with and to the end of creating a nationwide health information infrastructure, HHS is to advance “the development, adoption, and implementation of health information technology standards nationally through collaboration among public and private interests that are consistent with current efforts of the Federal Government [for the prevention, detection and treatment of diseases].” This collaboration with public and private interests easily identifies the method by which this national safety network system will be effectuated: RFID technology.

Some of the most highly influential medical groups and organizations propose not only that the private industry utilize RFID technology, but also that the federal government use its “policy-making” power to advance its use of an electronic healthcare safety network and to abandon the old methods. In short, each patient would and should be required to possess an RFID chip before getting medical treatment.

The New Healthcare Application

Today, the federal government has more motivation and incentive than ever to create and mandate a national safety network system. They have been working on it for 20 years or more, but its reality is with us today. The federal government now has the responsibility and power to control much (if not all) of the regulations and systems used in the medical industry, including how patients will be identified, processed, and treated through the system. Its vested interest in the entire medical industry and in the cost of healthcare for each person will undoubtedly create a system of control upon the lives of those within its system.

To do this, facts reveal that the federal government will utilize RFID chip technology and will require every person within the healthcare system to receive this chip into their bodies. For some Americans, this may be acceptable, just as it is for one out of four persons in Germany. For others Americans, this is going to be a serious and fundamental line in the sand.

Consequently, these questions must be asked. Who will submit? Who will resist? What will the states do to protect their citizens from these mandates? What will the states do to require their citizens to comply with these mandates? What will the individual do to receive medical treatment who does not take this chip? Where will the individual go to receive quality medical treatment if all medical facilities require that you have this RFID chip? What penalties will be imposed upon those who do not take this chip?

These are all questions which must be answered and realized, because inevitably, the federal government will do all that it can to implement a RFID chip system.

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Arvizu said:

... Our Brave New World medussa about to rear it's monstrous head. Where have all the flowers gone? They're gone because winter is about to unfurl it's fury. I never thought I would be around to see this in my lifetime.

March 25, 2010

Mikey Pinkie-Rings said:

Mark of the Beast It sends chills up my spine to hear these predictable machinations of the government. I know that many in society who retain morality and a fear of the Lord will remember Revelations 13 and wonder if this could be the mark of the beast. I know I certainly don't want to have the wrath of God poured out upon me!

March 25, 2010

Thomas Paine said:

Aaron Russo was a profit RE: Rockefeller and the Chip As the end of freedom clock continues to tick, I have yet to prove anything wrong with Aaron Russo's comments in his famous interview about Rockefeller and the New World Order (youtube). He said that Nick Rockefeller told him directly that the ultimate goal of the financial elites is to have every citizen implanted with an RFID Chip to be used for all spending. Thus if you protest what they want to do, they shut off your chip. If you are one of them, your Chip will say kiss my a _ _. Yes, Revelations is coming to pass.

March 25, 2010

Bob Johnson said:

A Democracy Town Hall George Orwells 1984

March 25, 2010 | url

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Bob Johnson said:

... Its going to happen. This health care initiative has a lot to do with controlling the population.

March 25, 2010 | url

hellferbreakfast said:

... I'll take their chip if they'll take mine. Mine's just a little heavier. (230 grains to be exact).

March 25, 2010

Applez said:

... They are definitely planning out our end perfectly. As of now, it's not likely. But soon, I can see the possibility of the sci-fi terminator movies actually happening... with the world ending super computer having the ability to easily find everyone with this tracking chip. Yes. I'm going to resist this. Not only will we have more money to pay for this healthcare plan... but we basically lose all our freedom with it? What is this world coming too?

March 26, 2010

RC said:

... Ron Hinton (KnightWatch): Visit http://frwebgate.access.gpo.go...ih.txt.pdf and Read the National Medical Device registry pp. 1,000-1,007 on the actual bill that you cant find a copy of on whitehouse.gov. This is serious and now that it is passed when the time comes and you want to refuse the chip they will tell you "its the law." We have all been tricked. I wont let them chip me no matter what.

March 26, 2010

Lee Gonzales said:

"What's this world coming to?" Applez,I thank you for your concern and appreciate your post. Back in the 1970's The John Birch Society published a book titled "None Dare Call It Conspiracy." It was distributed by JBS members and reached people door to door, at gun shows ,at speech events, etc. Millions of copies were distributed. NDCC and other JBS books exposed the plan of those who have captured our government. the plan to have Americans marked like a beast was part of the "Insiders" plan. The technology was not in place in the 70's but we knew that those who controlled our government would eventually get around to it once it became available. Well the means to do so has arrived! The Bible tells of the "mark of the beast." You will be forced to wear the mark in order to be allowed to live. The entire thing is demonic and Robert Welch, founder of JBS said so. He told us that we could win this war if we teamed up and not allowed ourselves to be diverted by politics, TV personalities and charlatan politicians masquerading as one of us. So what do we do now? Look at JBS's history in exposing a nefarious conspiracy. Welch and the organization he founded have had a rough go of it but they have been correct on so many things that it behoves anyone concerned for the future of this country to look into this organization as an answer to cure America's ills. http://www.jbs.org/about

March 26, 2010

Robby said:

Mr I wonder how much more of this crap people will take before armed rebellion breaks out.

March 26, 2010

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joseph tremblay said:

FREEAGENT IF THIS IS THE CASE THEN ITS A SHAM ALL AMERICANS MUST DENOUNCE THIS IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF HELL ON EARTH AND EVERYTHING MUST BE DONE TO STOP IT . RESIST IT AND REJECT IT OUTRIGHT. WE DID NOT COME TO THIS PLANET TO BE CHIPPED LIKE AN ANIMAL . CURSE THEM WHO TRY TO BRING THIS IN . IT IS A VIOLATION OF THE PRIME DIRECTIVE AND MUST NEVER COME TO PASS SELAH .

March 26, 2010

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Mrs. Linda Foster said:

TRIBULATION TIME COMING SOON PLEASE[/u READ THE BOOK OF REVELATION, GOD'S WORD DOES NOT LIE. ALSO MATTHEW CHAPTER 24. I GUARANTEE THIS WILL BE MANDATORY BY THIS SO CALLED AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND I WILL NOT EVER HAVE ANY SUCH GARBAGE PUT INTO ME - BRING ON THE GUILLOTINES, I'M READY TO GO HOME AT ANY TIME.

March 27, 2010

Me versus them said:

Simple solution Here's a recommendation for the proponents of the implanted RFID chips. 1)Prepare a 2" diameter rod by 84" long. 2)Shape the rod to a sharp point. 3)Notch the pointed end of the 2" diameter rod. 4)Press a RFID into the pointed and notched tip of the @" diameter rod. 5)Gather up all of the individuals who are wanting people to have RFID chip implanted into their bodies. 6)Have those in favor of implanting these RFID chips in a single file row and have them bend over exposing their rectums. 7)Then shove the 2" x 84" rods into the group listed in step 6 listed above until the rod is flush with their rectums. Then send the individuals listed in step 6 to their health care provider for treatment to verify that their RFID chips are functioning correctly. Anyone who proposes such things as the RFID should be willing to subject themselves to the same proposals at they propose for the general public. Have they offered up themselves for the same treatment?

March 27, 2010

Stevie B said:

Electronic records Having been a med student, I've seen that tracking down a patient's old records is a royal pain in the a-hole with paper records and older systems; and not everyone is forthcoming about their medical history. BUT We also need privacy. The ability to organize, to move around, to live without being tracked, traced, regulated. We need to be able to go to a new doc and get a REAL second opinion not influenced by what's on the record -- not everything is diagnosed right the first time. I refuse to carry grocery store snitch cards--giving a store the ability to track what I buy is not worth the discount, I'll go shop at places that dont use snitch cards instead. Being chipped would be worse. The mark of the beast. Especially when the next round of illegal immigrants figure out how to fake the chips, forge yours, and your medical record now reflects THEIR illnesses, not yours! YOU may be denied care for easily treated conditions because THEY have been rated "in the last year of expected life"

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Dick Murphy said:

... Can someone direct me to the specific Executive Order signed by G.W.Bush in 2005. I'm not able to find it.

March 28, 2010

HighlanderJuan said:

... Dick Murphy, Executive orders for 2005 are found here: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/2005.html BTW, my earlier post regarding data security was simply that - a post on data security, something I am concerned with. Note that I am not proposing or advocating the federal government collect any medical data from American citizens - it is basically none of the federal government's business, and they are not empowered to collect such data anyway. I am NOT for the feds knowing anything about our medical history. Having said that, the medical industry does have challenges with patient health information that may simply be attributed to lousy record keeping by doctors. Who knows. But if we are going to collect and use medical data, I want it done securely. I don't want medical information wandering freely on the Internet.

March 28, 2010

Dick Murphy said:

... The EO referenced in the article was actually done in 2004 rather than in 2005. That' explains the confusion of not being able to find it in the 2005 EO's. The EO referenced does not explicitly mention RFID, it speaks to the development of a nationwide database. While it's a short step to RFID from what it says, RFID is not directly in the order. In general, the degree of intrusion implicit in all of this is not acceptable. We must stop it.

March 28, 2010

Mitch said:

... The States will be brought into line with the same tactics used to force auto insurance and seat belt laws. Blackmail. You will accept the chip, or NO MORE MONEY. Long has the fed used the threat of withholding to obtain its goals. The State legislatures always capitulate. Why should this be any different?

March 28, 2010

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KC said:

Virginia Banned RDIDs I read somewhere that the state of Virginia, USA has banned RFIDs from being implanted into humans without their consent. Way to go Virginia! 49 more states to go. http://stevenjohnhibbs.wordpre...-implants/

March 29, 2010

Mike W said:

A chip for a 'chip' ? To the gentleman who said it best....I'll take the government chip if they take mine . Mines a bit heavier.... @220 grains and inplanted at 1750 feet per second right between the eyes. I believe as many others do that this is a mark of the beast and I will not take the mark or chip or whatever they try to call it. I will also exercise my rights under the contitution, specifically the 2nd amendment. They may take my head for not taking the chip but I'll take a few of them with me if they try it.

March 29, 2010

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Mike W said:

... Everyone will eventually capitulate? I think that is where you are sadly mistaken. Those who are true to themselves, thier values, and most of all morals will never capitulate regardless of peer pressure, scare tactics, or financial gain.

March 29, 2010

RFID said:

... Yes, but how many Americans are really true to themselves, values or morals? Having a church on every street corner means nothing. Americans are Biblically illiterate, Constitutionally illiterate and can be duped into doing almost anything.

March 29, 2010

readthebill said:

Health Care Truth The Bill that passed the house has that paragraph on page 1504‘‘(B) In this paragraph, the term ‘data’ refers to information respecting a covered device, including claims -data, patient survey data, standardized analytic files that -allow for the pooling and analysis of data from disparate -data environments, electronic health records, and any -other data deemed appropriate by the Secretary. So what is a covered device. The answer is found on page 1502 (B) In this subsection, the term ‘covered device’-(i) shall include each class III device; and - ‘‘(ii) may include, as the Secretary determines -appropriate and specifies in regulation, a class II device- that is life-supporting or life-sustaining. So a device that is implantable is referring to pace-makers, hearing aids, syringes, etc. etc.

March 30, 2010

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toryan said:

No way i am 15yrs old and i already think this is a bad idea and all i know is that i am not gonna take the chip, and what will happen when we dont recive the chip?

March 31, 2010

itsthebigkahuna said:

Bats**tCrazy Sabazio -- Good luck with your chosen path.

April 02, 2010

Whether you like it or not said:

Doesn't matter We can kick, scream, and be mocked all we want, but fact is we can't stop this. The day will be coming when we will be persecuted and hunted for not going with the flow. However, I would rather face persecution and punishment in this world then the next. You say bat sh*t crazy, but that is only due to your ignorance of the truth. I pray that you see the light before the second coming.

April 04, 2010

PJ said:

... RC, I visited the website your post refers to. The pages you refer to are regarding addressing the nurses shortage predicted. Do you know where in the bill I can find the pages that refer to the RFID? Your post said: Ron Hinton (KnightWatch): Visit http://frwebgate.access.gpo.go...ih.txt.pdf and Read the National Medical Device registry pp. 1,000-1,007 on the actual bill that you cant find a copy of on whitehouse.gov. This is serious and now that it is passed when the time comes and you want to refuse the chip they will tell you "its the law." We have all been tricked. I wont let them chip me no matter what.

April 05, 2010

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Chip Me Not said:

RESIST IT MUST HAPPEN. THOSE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO BE CHIPPED NO MATTER THE CONSEQUENCES WILL BE SAVED BY CHRISTS' RETURN. LIVE OFF THE LAND IF YOU HAVE TO. DONT GET CHIPPED. BUY WHAT YOU NEED NOW BEFORE YOUR REQUIRED TO HAVE A CHIP TO BUY AND SELL. OBAMA = ANTICHRIST. RAY MABUS = NOSTRADOMUS PREDICTION ( OBAMAS AID )

April 09, 2010 | url

The Hell I Will said:

Say No-Chips Gotta Go! How outrageous!!! I mean really ya'll think we have to freakin stoop down to the science fictional level of putting some d**n chips in us to what, just ohhhh locate, track down, and use for governmental purposes...that's all! How degrading! Just so you can have more control on our lives and have people more paranoid about the government...oh yeah...lets see how this one will turn out. Seriously I can't think of anything out there that would be necessary for us to use these robotic things other than for the criminals out on the streets or even offenders for "tracking down" Maybe even for those in need of Medical Attention or Medical watch!

April 10, 2010

itsover said:

It's over Good game. Fun times over. People have been saying for the last 10 years that this was coming and they got labeled as crazy or overreacting. But now it's at the doors and it's funny how all these comments are showing the fear in peoples hearts. 5 years ago...most comments on this page would be saying something along time lines of "haha you religious nuts are overreacting...", etc. Now there's only 1 or 2 idiots that still can't see. Funny how things change.

April 12, 2010