Posted on 02/18/2017 10:51:05 AM PST by kevcol
The answer to the question is always NO. Keep this information out of your healthcare/insurance company/governmental database.
Always say no. ALWAYS
The doctor can ask.Rember “Just say No”as Nancy Reagan used to say.
I have no problem with anyone asking me any question. The problem lies when the “authority” asking the questions feel entitled to a response.
My doc owns more guns than I. This will become a problem when the AMA requires them to do this and record it in the electronic medical record.
What guns?
This is more about health insurance companies looking to jack up rates for gun owners than government intrusion.
I’ve only been asked once if there were any firearms in my house on an info form for a new doctor. I simply filled in NOYFB.
The questions about drug use and homo activity I answered as I thought they would actually be pertinent to a patient/doctor relationship.
About a year later it was time to update with a new form and that question had been deleted.
When an individual or some entity asks questions of something that is outside their authority, you have no obligation to answer them, even truthfully. They have lost their right to the truth.
In this case, when a doctor asks a question about your gun ownership, they are asking a question outside of their authority, and they have lost their right to the truth. So, just lie. Tell them no guns in the house.
Who would want to continue seeing a doctor like that? To me if that is his level of reasoning it calls into question his competency in all matters - including medicine.
My family doctor has property we use for an outdoor range, also reloads. When he asks me about guns, it's a lot different. hee hee
Illness or death.
This is probably actually technically correct.
The answer (for both shooters and nonshooters who believe in shooters’ freedoms) should be “That is a private matter.”
My doc owns more guns than I. This will become a problem when the AMA requires them to do this and record it in the electronic medical record.
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This is part of the EMR. Don’t let them tell you otherwise.
And a simple no comment is all he’ll get, too. Except he’ll also get replaced, of course.
Or one could ask “Would you like to go hunting with me?”
“Well I confess I don’t. But I supposed I could wield a wicked knife if I had to. Why?”
Trust none of them.
Even the good ones are bound by their professional regulations.
In other words, make like a Soviet citizen. Adjust.
And what, do you want to tie everything you do to the state?
Doctor: Are you feeling depressed?
Me: No. Not at all. My moods are pretty stable.
Doctor: Are you having any long term or short term memory problems?
Me: No. My memories are completely intact and contiguous.
Doctor: Are there any guns in your house?
Me: I forget.
If looks could maim, I'd have left that office in a basket.
...and a patient can then put out notification on social media that this Dr is against our Constitution. Fine.
“That’s a private affair.”
And Doc scribbles madly, “DANGEROUS! MIGHT HAVE GUNS!”
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