[scarface74]

Maybe it's the french in my talking, but I really have a hard time trusting anything else than the state to handle health data.

I wouldn’t trust the American Government with any more power than they have now. It’s not just contempt for the current government, but it wouldn’t matter which party were in power.

[nojito]

Health data being in the hands of the private organizations is disastrous.

There's no price transparency and there's no recourse for abuse or selective targeting.

[mrweasel]

Not trusting the government doesn’t have to mean trusting companies.

I completely agree with you, but I also have my doubts about governments as well. This leaves only the option of my health data being controlled by myself.

[scarface74]

Which is impossible because your records are shared in the course of doing business.

[scarface74]

You mean selective targeting like the government just announced with respect to transgender rights and health care?

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/us/politics/trump-transge...

[nojito]

At least you know that it is happening

What's the recourse when that action is hidden away behind some algorithm by a private corporation?

[scarface74]

So knowing is little solace for people that are affected. People who aren’t affected seem to always be the ones saying stuff like this.

See for example - “at least we now know that minorities are getting beat by the police now that it is getting filmed” ignoring the fact that it was happening for decades and no one believe it.