Outsourcing ObamaCare

A recent editorial in the Chicago Tribune criticized the state Department of Insurance for not publicly releasing health insurance premium rates for the health care exchange. The exchange is a central feature of ObamaCare in which individuals and small businesses will begin buying private insurance coverage Oct. 1. With rates expected to go up dramatically, it’s no...

A recent editorial in the Chicago Tribune criticized the state Department of Insurance for not publicly releasing health insurance premium rates for the health care exchange. The exchange is a central feature of ObamaCare in which individuals and small businesses will begin buying private insurance coverage Oct. 1. With rates expected to go up dramatically, it’s no wonder they’re holding off as long as they can.

But health insurance premiums are not the only thing state officials would like to hide.

Illinois Medicaid officials, who have been under fire for awarding no-bid ObamaCare contracts for tracking, storing and processing private health and financial data, also don’t want you to know that the winning contractor’s questionable performance in other states means individuals private information is at risk.

The government’s lax approach to protecting patient privacy under the ObamaCare data system is outlined in the federal government’s own audit. Illinois’ no-bid contract could allow foreign workers overseas to have access to sensitive data, which only adds to the many concerns surrounding ObamaCare.

Security breaches could be very costly if one’s identity were stolen and used for fraudulent purposes. Of course, there would be a very high emotional and psychological toll if an individual’s sensitive health information was released, especially if it damaged the individual’s reputation.

Officials also don’t want you to know these contracts include shipping high-paying and sensitive jobs overseas. And will these foreign workers be handling Americans’ financial and health privacy? What, if any, additional security controls will be in place?

Illinoisans should call upon their representatives to oppose the implementation of ObamaCare. The law not only will fail to deliver on the important goals of health care access and affordability – but, with help from the state of Illinois – threatens to run roughshod over Americans’ most personal financial and health information.