Over 2 decades ago an attempt was made to initiate individually unique patient identifier numbers. A previous Congress overruled this on the basis of patient privacy and former Congressman Ron Paul was successful in preventing money from being placed in the budget to fund such a totalitarian agenda. But that has now changed. What major change did the U.S. House under the leadership of the Democrats just do to this funding prohibition?

Where is this going next? What does this change mean for those concerned with patient privacy?