The funding for this was included in the Economic Stimulus Package. Socialized medicine does seem like it is on the horizon. One of the major downsides to this is it opens the door for someone to easily peak into your medical history. See: OctoMom and all the medical staff that looked into her medical records and were fired. What would stop government officals from peaking into your medical history. Remember Joe the Plumber and an average citizen who challenged Obama. His personal records were breached by a public official and he was slandered all over the place. Oh yeah and Alex Rodriguez and his govt sealed drug test results that were leaked and no one knows by who. If this is what America wants, this is what America will get.