Computerworld - Several privacy groups have raised alarms over plans by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to build a database that would contain information about the healthcare claims of millions of Americans.

The concerns have surfaced because the OPM has provided few details about the new database and because the data collected will be shared with law enforcement, third-party researchers and others.

In a letter to OPM Director John Berry, the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and 15 other organizations asked the agency to release more details on the need for the database and how the data contained in it will be protected and used.

The OPM "should not create this massive database full of detailed individual health records without giving the public a full and fair chance to evaluate the specifics of the program," the letter cautioned.

It also called upon the OPM to delay its proposed Nov. 15 launch date for the database because there was not enough time for independent observers to evaluate the proposal.

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No need to get panicky. We just need to combine a few proven techniques to skate through this threat in "Stealth Mode". Illegal Immigrants have been doing this for years. - Go buy a phony Social Security Card and Drivers License and you're on your way to having a 2nd identity.

For minor healthcare on up through minor surgery, the United States Army Rangers and others and others have medical guides and handbooks available online in pdf format for download. This is damn good medical care written by doctors for high-skill soldiers. If you're smart enough, you can be your own doctor.

First-aid supplies: get a complete kit now. Not just band-aids, think scalpels and sutures, everything you might need for a home emergency. Example

Access to medical drugs. Make friends with a veterinarian. Dog and cat antibiotics are the same thing as for humans, just dosed for a different body mass.

Last choice: if you absolutely must have professional medical care with your own ID, downed aviators in enemy territory are trained to stay away from urban areas and seek help in thinly populated rural areas. These people may be sympathetic to your cause, and being fewer in number, should be easier to control, if necessary. Joint Service Manual

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