Those of us here concerned with a lack of privacy should be more concerned, no, angry with what Howard is going to do with the new Medicare card. For those who don't know, all of your information be it your d.o.b., the medication you take, etc will be sold off to Pharmaceutical companies. This big business will hold ALL of your personal medical information.

Now, shouldn't we be more concerned about this, rather than whinge about a non-government organisation helping people find employment?

Spider I am very interested in knowing more about the medicare information being sold to pharmacuetical companies, where can I find out more?

billie,
Maybe I can help with your problem of where all those beggers are getting your address.

Are you in the 'phone book?

billie; Not sure of best link. Why not try Civil Libertarians, AMA, media, non-government member who is elected to serve.

Shonga; ofcourse Howard has created more low income earning employment. They are low income because there is more of them. I hope you're not one of those who are managerial top heavy.

There are three certainties in life, Death, taxes and Religious groups persecuting outsiders.

Giving private details to religious organisations is a witch burning or inquisition waiting to happen. A number of police officers and doctors have betrayed their office in this country making decisions based on their sectarian beliefs. A few notorious court judges in the United States have also passed judgements not based on law but based on religious ideology. Tony Abbot contracting out pregnancy advice not to health specialists but to superstition peddlers demonstrates the loyalty to the cult before the welfare of the citizen. Handing over control over women’s bodies to superstitious cult based organisations is even crueller and increasingly morally corrupt when the Catholic instigated Nicaraguan solution for rape victims is considered and the welfare of Australian women (Our Daughters , Wives , Sisters , Mothers) are handed over on a silver platter. Religious organisations seek to exploit our children by pressuring to teach the complete lie of intelligent design. Religion has no respect to those who are not the self. God belief is in essence self worship the deification of the ego often exploited by a craftier individual.

If I was a single parent , homosexual , had an abortion , of the religious sect not to eventually grab power, of certain other religions , of certain races , even if I was female, a child , an elderly person with money or assets I would be very worried that cult based organisations had that information. Persecution is almost guaranteed as the imperative of religion is to gain power over the population and the individual. Religion needs and thrives on enemies. It is the source of most conflict of the world and it is one of the most divisionary forces within society.

In the mean time the question is rather how can a superstitious person act professionally? Their loyalty is to the commands of their ruling clergy not the constituent, not the nation. We witness this with David Hicks, if allegations are true prepared to fight for god rather than be loyal to Australia.

I would support a universal health card with medical details , medicare transactions and prescriptions. Such a card could contain other information such as updated bloodpressure tests outside of the health care system and serve to lower health costs.

What is going to happen eventually once an ID card is brought in is the card will do everything from charging GST for leaving the front gate , to clocking on at work. With smart scan technology the card could scan other cards and record who you had come in contact with , how long you spoke to them. Companies could know exactly the food we buy and we could be tracked by satellites to record our every movement. Our beliefs and even our genetic make up and our consumer habits may help determine our suitability for a job. A smart scan card could register the time you spend at certain places within your employment.

Of course the black economy that the GST breathed life into will boom even more than now. It will also be a golden era for organised time.

The most common health complaint registered on ID cards will be Identidy Anxiety :)

The cure for Identidy Anxiety will come when the economy collapses because like the Soviet Union found out only too late , spying on the population is a waste of resources with decreasing returns and spiralling costs.