"You" Are Public Health in New York City

Reason reports on the Nanny State in New York city:

New York City is at the forefront of this new public health movement. In January, city health officials began requiring that medical testing labs report the results of blood sugar tests for all the city's diabetics directly to the health department. This is first time that any government has begun tracking people who have a chronic disease. The New York City Department of Health will analyze the data to identify those patients who are not adequately controlling their diabetes. They will then receive letters or phone calls urging them to be more vigilant about their medications, have more frequent checkups, or change their diet.

That's right, New York city is going to tell you how to run your life when they have a rather shifty set of accounting books.Maybe they'll run your life as good as those fine public schools they run.