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An insurance company only has the right to your records for the claims they are being asked to pay for. You are still in control.

You are not in "control". They sell info the credit agencies like Experien and Equifax. The credit agencies sell your info to anybody with 30 bucks. I'd rather die than put up with this sort of BS.

Whatever, in connection with my professional practice or not, in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret. While I continue to keep this Oath unviolated, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the art, respected by all men, in all times! But should I trespass and violate this Oath, may the reverse be my lot!

So the first thing I know about my Doctor is that he is a liar. Why should I let this person treat me?

"So the first thing I know about my Doctor is that he is a liar."

That is insulting and wrong. We have tried to keep as much control of our profession as possible despite being under constant assault by the trial lawyers, insurance companies, government agencies and a public that thinks they know everything after watching a segment on "Sixty Minutes". Comments like your's above is just another part. I just got home from the ER after admitting a patient. This completed a day that started at 0800 and, since I'm on call, may continue. The first thing I see when I turn on my computer is I'm called a liar. You have issues dude.
People get what they ask for and my fellow doctors are leaving in droves and med schools applications were down 6% this year. Many residencies are filling up with as many as 50% foreign med grads.