Because it MY data. It's voluntary now, but will it always be?
You're a free market guy. What would you say about insurance companies deciding they'll only cover people who release all their data to them.
Now I don't have a choice to release my data, do I? (since I'm forced to have insurance)
How do I know what my doctor does with my electronic data? Legally, I have some assurances. Except we now know how much these legal assurances are in the electronic domain.
This is soft paternalism. Freedom is being able to smoke a cigarette in your car with your 2 mo. old daughter in the back waving your middle finger at any holier-than-thou puritan who has a problem with it.
The free market solution is different tiers of service that offer different qualities.
Health care is tech which means it advances very quickly. It's illegal in the US to get the top tier service of 20 years ago (the only option is the best care right now).
If I were you I would simply choose a lower tier service that is still nearly state of the art. Because the top tier is so expense you must share your data but the lower tier services is 95% as good for much lower cost.
Look at literally every other industry to see how this is true - you have quality choices and its amazing and a beautiful thing. OR, get health care in say India.
Cliffs: You don't have a choice in health care quality and since that's unsustainable corporations are also reducing choices when it comes to privacy.
You're a free market guy. What would you say about insurance companies deciding they'll only cover people who release all their data to them.
Now I don't have a choice to release my data, do I? (since I'm forced to have insurance)
How do I know what my doctor does with my electronic data? Legally, I have some assurances. Except we now know how much these legal assurances are in the electronic domain.
This is soft paternalism. Freedom is being able to smoke a cigarette in your car with your 2 mo. old daughter in the back waving your middle finger at any holier-than-thou puritan who has a problem with it.