Debunking ridiculous RFID rumor

You’d like to think that some things are simply too ridiculous for Snopes.com to even bother debunking … but, apparently, you can’t always get what you want. This one comes from the latest Snopes newsletter.

The rumor: That the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – also known as “Obamacare” to some of those who oppose it — requires that everyone be implanted with an RFID microchip by March 23, 2013.

That’s every single American – 313 million individuals, give or take — by March 23, 2013.

I mean, seriously, that’s only a little more than a year from now. Don’t you think that 2014 or 2015 might be more realistic?

Welcome regulars and passersby. Here are a few more recent buzzblog items. And, if you’d like to receive Buzzblog via e-mail newsletter, here’s where to sign up. You can follow me on Twitter here and on Google+ here.

Join the Network World communities on Facebook and LinkedIn to comment on topics that are top of mind.

Copyright © 2012 IDG Communications, Inc.

Exit mobile version