Summary of HR 2991 IHRT Act

Essentially, HR 2991 establishes that you are the owner of any electronic health information about you, and that posession of that information cannot be the basis for equitable interest in that
information (in other words, they can't own you since they've got your data). In addition, it provides for your control over access to that information, placing primary importance on privacy. It is written well, covering policy, not technology.

Fulfilling Americans' desire for affordable health care depends on their participation in forthcoming health information technology services, however if they do not trust those services with their personal security and privacy then their reluctance to participate may only result in more expenses added on to health care.