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Friday, August 05, 2005

Former HHS Secretary To Publish RFID Proposal

Former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson in the next 50 days plans to publish a proposal for widespread implementation of implanted radio frequency identification chips, Red Nova/The Business reports.

The RFID chips would hold individuals' medical records and would be connected to a national health IT network. Thompson - who now is a director at Applied Digital Solutions, the maker of the chips - had a VeriChip inserted in his own arm.

VeriChip spokesperson John Procter said "virtually everyone" would benefit from RFID chips, which would cost about $200 per person, but civil liberties groups have expressed privacy and security concerns over RFID chip implantation (Glover, Red Nova/The Business, 7/31).