Why I wrote 'No' across my pediatrician’s questionnaire

American Thinker ^ | 8 Apr, 2022 | Laura J. Wellington

[MtnClimber]

Parents will only put up with being bypassed for so long.

I recently took my twelve-year-old for his annual check-up. The process was rather routine, except for two distinct differences. First, he needed three vaccinations, all of which he received and second, I wrote “No” across a form that the nurse handed him without my permission.

You see, the nurse bypassed me and handed my son two pieces of paper and a pen. She asked him to answer two questions on one and then the entirety of the next. She then proceeded to leave the room. Not once did she ask me to look at the forms prior to handing them to my son nor even question whether I wanted him to complete them. It left me annoyed and feeling disrespected.

My son proceeded to answer the questions (the first two of which he couldn’t even understand). This was met with my words “Don’t answer anything until I take a look.” So he stopped and I read. And what I read had nothing to do with my son’s physical health at all and everything to do with facets of his life quite personal to him and me, all of which fall outside of my pediatrician’s jurisdiction, in my book. So I picked up the pen and wrote the word “No” across both forms and called it a day.

When the pediatrician came in, she disregarded the papers and examined my son, engaging in the usual chit-chat that a parent would expect from a pediatrician. The appointment ended on an uneventful note but it got me to thinking how much things have changed since I was small and my mother was sitting in the pediatrician’s office with me.

[TrumpetteNJ]

Having some notable family history with being on unfortunate lists, I don’t recommend this approach. Either leave it blank (and plead accident) or lie.

Good advice. It's sad but true that you need to "play along" even if it means lying.

[TrumpetteNJ]

All part of Obamacare’s goal to trace every single person.

Yes, these intrusive questions are an Obamacare requirement and not just for children.

Nurses ask very detailed questions alcohol consumption, for example. People should just lie and say "no" to the first alcohol question.

All medical records as part of Obamacare are digital (and searchable.) So don't tell your doctor's office anything you don't want the whole world to know. (That's my policy) I yearn for the days of paper records.