Posted by stjames on October 24, 2000, at 1:57:18
In reply to Re: Privacy Concerns: Info on MIB » Greg, posted by shellie on October 24, 2000, at 0:25:10
If you use a credit card there is a chance your buying patterns
are sold to marketers. My HMO uses a 3d party to approve meds for
co pay. So there is another place my information is passed around.We had great privacy decades ago where you paid your doc in full, meds too,
and submitted the bills to your insurance. Now with HMO's your file is shared.
I came to the conclusion that in many cases privacy is an illusion. I spoke freely
to my pdoc back when I was paying the bill and no insurance was involved. I don't now
with the HMO pdoc. He also makes it clear he writes as generally as possible in my chart.James
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