There CAN be legitimate reasons to get the data:
Doing studies (like the diabetes study)
Recommending education, showing improvement and value
Jon Squire said he wanted feedback on this issue, which precipitated this thread.
The problems are that providers have been burned so many times, this is such a radical departure from the previous policy and while "major" changes to the EULA were stated, this one was not.
The issue to me is whether we can opt in/out and have control over what is being shared.