A new study by the Ponemon Institute suggests that the American public is not comfortable with a government-controlled national healthcare network, Forbes has reported. In a poll of 868 voters, only 27 percent said they trusted government to protect the privacy of their health records. Respondents expressed similar mistrust of tech companies that offer medical information services. This in contrast with 71 percent who said they trusted hospitals and clinics with the same responsibility. "There's a lot of angst around centralizing this information, no matter whether it's managed by private enterprise or government," said Ponemon Institute Chairman Larry Ponemon, CIPP.
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