For people in TN: Did you hear about the Smart Card bill?

[FreedomAngel82]

I just read about this and was wondering what you thought about it. Here's the link where I read about it: http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_65813.asp

Snip: <NASHVILLE — This week on Capitol Hill, Senator Tim Burchett (R-Knoxville) presented a compelling case for the use of Smart Card technology before the Senate General Welfare, Health, and Human Resources Committee on Wednesday.

The panel then unanimously approved Senate Bill 778, the “Smart Card” Bill, which seeks to put an end to TennCare fraud on the front end and not wait until after the fact when it’s too late to keep illegal prescription drugs from reaching the streets.

Smart Card technology can track medication, physician visits, and other vital patient information. The process can be used for all TennCare patients.

“Our goal is to stop the fraud in TennCare so taxpayers don’t get ripped off. Estimates of TennCare fraud range upwards into the hundreds of millions of dollars. The taxpayers are definitely not getting their money’s worth. We spend more on prescription drugs in TennCare than we do on Higher Education in Tennessee,” Senator Burchett stated.>

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