It wasn’t long ago that lawmakers at the national and state level were trying to derail RFID by proposing laws to limit the use of the technology. Most of the concerns were due to a misunderstanding of the technology and privacy issues.

But as U.S. lawmakers learn more about the benefits of RFID, they are becoming advocates for the technology. In September, lawmakers introduced a bill that seeks to use RFID-enabled smartcards to take a dent out of Medicare fraud.

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