Report: Net neutrality could kill 'e-health' plans

REPORT: NET NEUTRALITY COULD KILL 'E-HEALTH' PLANS
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Anne Broache]
For years, we've been hearing about the need for a tech-savvier American health care system that could make paper health records, prescriptions, X-rays and even in-person checkups into relics. But all of that could be derailed unless U.S. policymakers reject calls for so-called Net neutrality regulations, a new report warns. That's the position of the U.S. Internet Industry Association (USIIA), a 13-year-old trade association that represents "companies engaged in Internet commerce, content and connectivity." Verizon is the biggest name represented on its board of directors. "American consumers should not be forced to accept a 'one-size-fits-all' broadband service that places critical medical monitoring and health care on the same footing as music and video downloads or noncritical communications," says USIIA president David McClure in a report titled "e-Health and America's Broadband Networks" released Tuesday.
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9759570-7.html

* e-Health and America's Broadband Networks
http://www.usiia.org/pubs/eHealth.pdf

* Trade group: Congress should ditch Net neutrality to help e-health grow
'Nonsense,' says Public Knowledge's Art Brodsky
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