As we await the outcome of the presidents “full court” press on Universal Health care I let my fingers do the walking and ended up at a web site that we need to monitor closely. Let me preface my commentary by saying I am not promoting any stock offerings in any of my posts nor do I own any VeriChip stock. Below my opening comments is a July 6th, 2009 Press Release from VeriChip Corp.
Think about the justification, or should I say “spin,” for the government implanting RFID chips into every American as part of our health history tracking as most of us will all be covered in the same health care system. Well, not exactly all of us. You see, members of Congress will still enjoy their own coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) while the rest of us are forced to take their Universal Health care plan.
The FDA approved VeriChip RFID chips for human implantation’s back in 2004. If this socialized medicine plan is approved by Congress and signed into law by president Obama, we might see White House health czar Nancy-Ann DeParle mandating these RFID chips being implanted in every American in 2010. Let’s not overlook the fact that Ms. DeParle is but one of three dozen “czars” in the Obama administration who are not subject to any Congressional oversight yet whose boss carries a big stick called “I won”
We will ease into selling this concept by using arguments that there may be people in this country who don’t speak the English language who come into hospital emergency rooms for treatment. We need to have access to any of their medical history so as to avoid mistakes in providing correct treatment and drugs. Don’t be surprised. Hospitals will install these RFID tracking chips in babies faster than they are in the arms of the new born’s mother.
What other personal data will be placed on the chip?
Clever. See their disclaimer that they promote a strict privacy policy and support Pennsylvania’s legislation protecting our privacy. VeriChip Chairman Scott R. Silverman. You will have zero control of where your RFID chips are used after they leave your distribution center.
As you read their Press Release take note of their recent diversification investment in “VeriGreen Energy Corp”. Was this simply a smart business move or perhaps part of a handshake agreement to assure being in front of the RFID vendor selection line?
July 6 2009
VeriChip Corporation Supports Legislation Banning Forced Microchip Implantation
As the inventor and only FDA-cleared implantable RFID microchip, VeriChip uses its medical device for its intended purpose of identifying high-risk patients and their medical records
DELRAY BEACH, FL – July 6, 2009 – VeriChip Corporation (“VeriChip” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: CHIP), a provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems for healthcare and patient-related needs, announced today it supports Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives’ recent passage of a bill banning the forced implantation of microchips in humans. VeriChip’s VeriMed™ Health Link patient identification system, which utilizes an implantable RFID microchip in combination with a handheld RFID scanner and a secure patient database, provides immediate access to important identification and health information for patients who arrive at an emergency department unable to communicate. The VeriMed Health Link system was cleared by the FDA in 2004 as a Class II medical device and is the first and only implantable microchip cleared by the FDA for patient identification. Commenting on the legislation, Scott R. Silverman, Chairman of VeriChip, said, “For years, we, as a Company, have enforced a strict privacy policy that starts with the voluntary use of our VeriMed Health Link patient identification system, which includes our implantable microchip, the VeriChip. The primary application of our VeriMed Health Link patient identification system and the VeriChip microchip is to identify high-risk patients and their medical records in an emergency or clinical situation.”
Continued Silverman, “In general, we are supportive of legislation that prohibits forced implants. VeriChip, like any other medical device, should be an election by the patient or his or her physician, loved one or guardian. As long as legislators understand the primary application of VeriChip and the benefits it can provide, we support – in fact we started – the voluntary nature of implantable RFID.”On Monday, July 6, 2009, VeriChip will issue an additional release explaining in detail the evolution of its VeriMed Health Link patient identification system, and its current and future applications.
About VeriChip
VeriChip Corporation, headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida, has developed the VeriMed™ Health Link System for rapidly and accurately identifying people who arrive in an emergency room and are unable to communicate. This system uses the first human-implantable passive RFID microchip, cleared for medical use in October 2004 by the United States Food and Drug Administration. To complement its healthcare division, VeriChip Corporation established VeriGreen Energy Corporation in March 2009 to focus and invest in the clean and alternative energy sector.
Gilbert note. As I am not promoting this firm’s products I have deleted their contact information from the Press Release
good that is revord for supporting your f****** HOA, CID, CIC and PUD.
I am pretty sure there was a study done on hospital pacients at Johns Hopkins inwhich the result was something like 60% fewer errors in mis-med, wrong practice performance in 2004.
This of course lit up the people in favor of privacy rights, until they realized that the healthcare companies themselves were behind it, the same ones that elected GW and our Governor and a select few other whores to big business.
THIS IS NASTY STUFF.
Mr. “Gonzalo.”
Welcome to the Juice.
As a person who escaped eastern Europe I am certain that you have seen photos of Jewish people with numbers on their arms that were not of their own choosing at a local tatoo parlor.
Todays’ concept is not much different. The major difference being visibility v. transparency.
Based on an email reply I may do a follow up report to show how wide this RFID concept can get.
Oddly I do not see Canada or the UK using RFID implants. I would refuse RFID implantation, even if i got jailed or fined for refusal.
Larry, I really think you have gone off the deep end now.
There is idiotic marketing BS every day, in particular from obscure, doomed companies.
This company will be history in a couple months, just like any company that proposes such BS. Ok, they may be around as penny stock for a while, but that’s as good as being bankrupt.
As far as how wide RFID crap could get, that’s quite well known to people in the field.
So, when are you promoting membership in ACLU, or the EFF?
As a member of EFF, I get to know this BS way before the general public…
And as a computer professional, I do know that it is not RFID that’s the issue (as bad as RFID is), the issue is the relative ease of combining data. Data mining, an outgrowth of AI, is what allows to profile people. RFID just makes it a bit easier. If RFID didn’t exist, there would be some other technology. In other words, RFID is a symptom, not the root issue.
And as I’ve said before, Sun Microsystems chairman Scott McNealy said in 1999 that you don’t have any privacy. We computer geeks knew that to be true then. You sheep ignored that. Your problem, not mine… You were warned. You chose not to listen, and if anything, you made fun of us people in the know. Don’t expect sympathy now…
Next time, listen to us geeks…
Look up H.R. 3200 section 224 READ IT. Also, look up how much of our stimulus money was spent on the Verimed Health Link, Verichip, and Verigreen. Their own press releases tell you this. While your at it, look up X12 Version 5010 and the HITECH Act, ALL mentioned in this health care bill. Read it and you’ll see Verichip is making a crap load of money off of us taxpayers. By the way, the social security number started off as voluntary too. Now it’s the Real ID Act. Wake up sheeple, before it’s too late.
Let them try,see how many drop