But who owns that scan? Back in the days of paying for your own health care, you could say "I bought it, I own it, hand it over." Now with either government controlled insurance companies or even the government itself paying for your scan (and in Obama's plan government will be the only entity legally allowed to pay for health care), do you still have ownership of your test results? Or does the government own them? Will you need your local Russian hacker who stole your ID when you signed up for Obamacare to break into your account to steal your secret test results for you?
The best possible answer is to pay for your own checkups.
I have been undergoing numerous CAT and PET/CT scans this past year. I always ask for a copy of the scan for my records. I also request that a copy of the scan be forwarded to my MD for his records. This way I can get my MD to explain in fine detail, any questions that I may have forgotten to ask the radiologist.
A simple, “Did you see what you expected to see?” and then a followup, “Was there anything that was unexpected?” I get my MD to put the scan up and explain what he sees as he looks through it. He points out what the radiologist wrote in the report and shows me where the items are on the scan.