All Australians to Have National 'Medical' Microchipped ID Cards

From the middle of next year, the Medicare card will provide doctors, dentists, pharmacists and paramedics with an encyclopedia-like file on patients' medical histories, medications and treatments.

"It would be a card, most likely with a chip that would store your information on it, which you would then provide to health professionals and give them access to it when you wanted them to see it."

The Howard government planned to introduce the Access Card - essentially a national identification card - which would have contained health plus welfare and tax details.

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