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Originally posted by chizeled
I'm not sure why people feel the need to repeatedly announce that the word 'devices' refer to pacemakers etc. but it would seem as though they just haven't read the rest of the thread.
Originally posted by chizeled
I understand that most people with ADD don't want to read four pages of a thread ...
“The Secretary shall establish a national medical device registry ... on each device that
(A) is or has been used in or on a patient; and
(B) is
(i)a class III device; or
(ii) a class II device that is implantable.”
Originally posted by chizeled
... but the simple fact remains that Obamacare requires the use of devices for the purpose of tracking patient information.
Originally posted by HoldTheBeans
I don't think the legalities will wash with this bill but the goal is to eventually chip humans thus to control their lives. All your movements tracked. Your money will be put on your chip. If they decide to tax you out it comes. If you decide to disagree, buck the system, protest then they simply turn off your chip and you are left to fend for yourself with nothing. Whenever you see any language like this in any bill you should be alarmed. Since the healthcare bill isn't really about healthcare but about controlling our lives this is a very grave concern. For those of you defending this as nothing to worry about you go get in line first and be the test cases.
Originally posted by chizeled
A class II implantable device is an "implantable radio frequency transponder system for patient identification and health information." The purpose of a class II device is to collect data in medical patients such as "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."
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“In developing the registry, the secretary shall…” and the law continues with a list of items that the secretary must do in the process of creating this registry. In this laundry list of items to do, Line 17, subparagraph B: "validating methods for analyzing patient safety and outcomes data from multiple sources and for linking such data with the information included in the registry as described in subparagraph (A)"
Page 58 Lines 5 through 15 reads:
(D) enable the real-time (or near real time) determination of an individual’s financial responsibility at the point of service and, to the extent possible, prior to service, including whether the individual is eligible for a specific service with a specific physician at a specific facility, which may include utilization of a machine-readable health plan beneficiary identity detection card; (E) enable, where feasible, near real-time adjudication of claims...
Notice in this part which is at the beginning of 2000 plus pages of the law, it is carefully worded “which may include utilization of a machine-readable health plan beneficiary identity detection card”. Here we are told that it may be a card. As you have already seen, deeper in the law, Sec. 2521 Pg. 1000, what this may utilize is clearly spelled out as a “class II device that is implantable”.
Originally posted by Katharos62191
Some parents are also supposedly chipping their kids so that they can track their kids down in case they are kidnapped.
Originally posted by alfa1
Originally posted by Katharos62191
Some parents are also supposedly chipping their kids so that they can track their kids down in case they are kidnapped.
Except that such technology doesnt actually exist.
There are two things you may be thinking of that do exist...
1. Passive "chips" that are tiny, implantable, and only readable by a close scanner at a few inches range, like pets get in the back of the neck.
2. Larger devices the size of a chunky watch that can get and send a GPS related signal via satellite. These are way too big to be implantable and should not be called chips. If pets have these, they are worn as a big tag around the collar.
Originally posted by NateHatred
problem is all the doomongers just ignore facts and carry on with there own agenda, trying to scare other people, facts are lies etc. etc...
Class II: General controls with special controls
Class II devices are those for which general controls alone cannot assure safety and effectiveness, and existing methods are available that provide such assurances.[8][10] In addition to complying with general controls, Class II devices are also subject to special controls.[10] A few Class II devices are exempt from the premarket notification.[10] Special controls may include special labeling requirements, mandatory performance standards and postmarket surveillance.[10] Devices in Class II are held to a higher level of assurance than Class I devices, and are designed to perform as indicated without causing injury or harm to patient or user. Examples of Class II devices include powered wheelchairs, infusion pumps, and surgical drapes.[8]