Ron Paul on Rand Paul’s introduction of Legislation Blocking the Unique Patient Identifier

By Norm Singleton

Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul issued the following statement regarding Senator Rand Paul’s introduction of legislation repealing the federal law that authorizes the government to assign every American a Unique Patient Identifier:

“Assigning every American a unique patient ID would enable government officials, special interests, and ID thieves to access our private medical records at will. It would also undermine health care by eroding patient’s trust that personal inf...