One of the most prominently mentioned benefits President Obama and his supporters describe every time they promote his Health Care Reform plan is electronic medical records. That may help prevent errors although most 'medical errors' I've experienced or heard about would have happened regardless because existing records were correct ... people just screwed up. But they've also promoted this as a big cost-savings.
Guess what? The Congressional Budget Office, responsible for estimating costs and cost-savings of legislation, refuses to document a cost-savings estimate for going to electronic records ... because it's such a small amount!
We all need to pay attention to claims our elected representatives are making about the huge changes under way. Based on the non-performance of the last 'stimulus' package we should be more skeptical from here on. There's much at stake and the results are falling far short of promises.
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