Thirty-three years ago, some college acquaintances told me how someday the government was going to impose a Universal Bar Code tattoo on every person to keep track of us in order to control us. At the time, I thought they were nuts. Well, thirty-three years later I guess I’m also a nut—a “conspiracy” nut, that is:

MICROCHIP IMPLANT TO LINK YOUR HEALTH RECORDS, CREDIT HISTORY, SOCIAL SECURITY

Novartis and Proteus Biomedical are not the only companies hoping to implant microchips into patients so that their pill-popping habits can be monitored. VeriChip of Delray Beach, Fl., has an even bolder idea: an implanted chip that links to an online database containing all your medical records, credit history and your social security ID.

As this presentation to investors makes clear, the chip and its database could form the basis of a new national identity database lined to Social Security and NationalCreditReport.com. The VeriMed Health Link homepage describes the chip:

… a tiny, passive microchip (the nation’s first and only microchip cleared for patient identification by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration) and a secure, private online database that links you to your personal health record. Your Health Link is always with you and cannot be lost or stolen.

As usual, Orwellian nonsense such as this is always sold to us under the guise of “convenience and security.”