Re: Re: Prescription Data Used To Assess Consumers: Records Aid Insurers but Prompt Privacy Concerns

[Guest guest]

They don't claim any confidentiality.

When you apply for a job, or for insurance, you sign a waiver giving

them the right to investigate.

Insurnace is a gamble for them. They want to improve their odds by any

legal method available to them.

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 9:29 AM, barb1283 <barb1283@...> wrote:

> If you get sick, they want to eliminate you. The industry should not

> be a for-profit industry.

>

>

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>> I, too, find this very " chilling " - and something to challenge. It

>> completely erodes any 'confidentiality' they claim for patient care.

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[Guest guest]

*Many sick people who NEED medical care won't be able to afford to see

doctors on their own dime.

So they won't BE " patients " because " patients " are people who are being seen

by doctors.

They wont get counted as ill. They wont be able to get better, either.

" Problem " " solved " ?*

On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 10:28 PM, gsgrl2000 <gsgrl2000@...> wrote:

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> We definitelt don't need to aid insurers. Aren't they part of the

> problem? This will be bad for patients.

>

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[Guest guest]

This is extremely bad news for all Americans.  Insurance companies already have

way too much power and way too much influence on government.  This is another

huge invasion of privacy.  A lot of insurance company employees don't realize

that their privacy rights have been violated for quite some time.  Over the past

few years, insurance companies have been " offering health screening " to their

employees and they typically entice them by offering small discounts on their

health insurance premiums.  The insurance companies are actually using the

results of these health screenings to catalog employees and are tracking this

information in huge internal databases.  So, if your employer knows that you

have health problems, do you think that might affect your raises and

promotions???

[] Re: Prescription Data Used To Assess Consumers: Records

Aid Insurers but Prompt Privacy Concerns

We definitelt don't need to aid insurers. Aren't they part of the

problem? This will be bad for patients.