Tough Economy Hits Online Health Care

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/15/AR2009021501284.html

This article from the Washington Post is about how Congress has had a plan in the making which will make America's health care records available online. This plan has an estimated bill attached to it of about 150 Billion dollars.
As an economics major, I find this article interesting as it ties in the struggling times in our economy with an issue of internet law. I imagine that 2014 date will be pushed back, I don't know, maybe 10 years? That seems about right given our current crisis but who knows.
The issues that online health care creates is interesting as well. It will obviously need a very strong security so the information does not get into the wrong hands. Also, who decides who gets to see who's documents?
When this issue is more in the spotlight after this economic crisis passes it will be interesting to see how people react to this.
I personally am for online health care being available - but I am also for pretty much everything utilizing the internet. We have this technology at our disposal, so why not use it?