Quite the crack reporter. Unfortunately, it looks like Scoop Thornton couldn't be troubled to actually open the
Federal HIT Strategic Plan, the document he claims shows "Obamacare will require an EHR for all Americans." If he had, he might've noticed that it, you know, doesn't.
The 2014 thing is a reference to a Bush-era goal, one he
set in 2004 when he first created a czar for the federal health information technology agenda via executive order.
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"Well, first you set a goal. Within ten years, every American must have a personal electronic medical record. That's a good goal for the country to achieve," said George W. Bush in 2004)
That doesn't mean there was any sort of mandate under Bush, nor is there one under Obama. Instead, there's grant money available to doctors and hospitals who want to make the jump from paper.
This bunk about personal health information being turned over to or tracked by the federal government is, of course, nonsense.
Get better at evaluating sources.