Featuring Twila Brase, Author, Big Brother in the Exam Room, President, Citizens' Council for Health Freedom; Edward Lee, Executive Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, The Permanente Federation; moderated by Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 included a requirement that Medicare-participating providers use electronic health records by January 1, 2014, or face financial penalties. Passed and signed into law just four weeks after the inauguration of President Obama, this expensive requirement, which had almost no public debate, forced hospitals, doctors, and clinics to move confidential patient information into digital format.