re clinton wants national id card aka ussr style internal passport in article apr hsh com paul hsh com paul havemann says in article c kse px cs cmu edu tsmith cs cmu edu tom smith writes in article apr ucsu colorado edu u fcrary ucsu colorado ed frank crary writes in article c jif i n boi hp com slack boi hp com david slack writes the idea of the card is bull in and of its self but i m curious to know do they plan on making it a requirement to always have it on you or is it only going to be required to be presented when trying to ge medical aid this at least has already been determined the blue cross medical coverage for all federal employees is a good model for a future national system to get emergency medical care anyone so insured must always carry their blue cross card before entering a hospital you must notify blue cross or they will refuse to pay your bills in an emergency where you must be treated before notifying them you must inform them within hours or if you are unable to do so for medical reasons the hospital must failing to do so within hours means they will not cover the hospitalization in you need your card to notify them and without the card the hospital certainly wouldn t know they had to therefore you are required to carry the card at all times or do without emergency medical coverage which works fine until you end up in the hospital because you were hit on the head and your wallet with your insurance card is stolen this happened to me and it took six months to sort the mess out these sorts of plans sound nice at first but in the end they just create a lot of paperwork and bureaucracy to deal with all the checking and filing they involve tom the non hacker whoa have a care what you say tom the obvious answer to that problem is to tatoo your national i d number on you say your forearm so you can never leave home without it hell it worked once before and that brings us back to my original sarcasm laden post where s the outcry from the liberal sector over the national id card my god if some conservative had proposed this plus clinton s national police proposal the liberals would be shrieking sieg heil and police state you self styled liberals ought to be ashamed of yourselves hypocrites i don t know what you watch but i saw a spokesman for the aclu voice opposition to this idea on nbc the very first night
