[Media 2006] Use of Implanted Patient-Data Chips Stirs Debate on Medicine vs. Privacy

[May 2006] VERICHIP INJECTS ITSELF INTO IMMIGRATION DEBATE

[2006] Press Release: VeriChip Corporation Appoints Former Secretary of Health & Human Services and Former Governor of Wisconsin Tommy G. Thompson to Its Board of Directors

[May 2005] Senate Bill 87: Expansion of Immunization Tracking System

[Media July 2005] Tommy Thompson to get RFID implant

June 16, 2005: Senators Bill Frist and Hillary Clinton Introduce New Legislation at GW Hospital

[BMJ 2004] FDA approves implantable chip to access medical records

[Media 2004] FDA approves computer chip for humans   Oct. 13, 2004   FDA approves computer chip for humans: Devices could help doctors with stored medical information  ...The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday announced $139 million in grants to help make real President Bush’s push for electronic health records for most Americans within a decade.   William A. Pierce, an HHS spokesman, could not say whether VeriChip and its accompanying secure database of medical records fit within that initiative. "Exactly what those technologies are is still to be sorted out," Pierce said. "It all has to respect and comport with the privacy rules."