geegee
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I went to my doctor last week and after checking in with the receptionist, I was handed a new form explaining the rules of this latest bit of government intrusion into my private life. The essence of it was that under this new act, the government has some new ways to check into your personal and medical history. I refused to sign it.
When my name was called to see the doc, I handed the form back to the receptionist, who said "Sir, you didn't sign this form." "No, I didn't" I said, "And I'm not going to." She looked shocked, turned around to ask another receptionist what to do, who then walked over to a nurse, who then asked another nurse how to handle this.
The last nurse walked over to explain that unless I sign it, and if there was a medical problem with me that required a call to our house, they could only leave a phone number of their office, and not give my wife any more information. My response was that that was ok with me, but my greater concern was the sharing of information from my medical records with other government (state and federal) and private agencies. "Oh no, we'd never do that," said the nurse. "Really?" I said. "It seems like the way this is worded sure provides for a great many exceptions to those rules." She just stood there and said nothing, and I went to a waiting room.
After my exam was over, the receptionist actually apologized to me. "Not our idea...we're not trying to be ugly." I told her not to worry about it, I never thought it was her idea.
Have any of you folks gone through this yet, and if so, how did you handle it? geegee
When my name was called to see the doc, I handed the form back to the receptionist, who said "Sir, you didn't sign this form." "No, I didn't" I said, "And I'm not going to." She looked shocked, turned around to ask another receptionist what to do, who then walked over to a nurse, who then asked another nurse how to handle this.
The last nurse walked over to explain that unless I sign it, and if there was a medical problem with me that required a call to our house, they could only leave a phone number of their office, and not give my wife any more information. My response was that that was ok with me, but my greater concern was the sharing of information from my medical records with other government (state and federal) and private agencies. "Oh no, we'd never do that," said the nurse. "Really?" I said. "It seems like the way this is worded sure provides for a great many exceptions to those rules." She just stood there and said nothing, and I went to a waiting room.
After my exam was over, the receptionist actually apologized to me. "Not our idea...we're not trying to be ugly." I told her not to worry about it, I never thought it was her idea.
Have any of you folks gone through this yet, and if so, how did you handle it? geegee