[arkfreepdom]

BTW, I argued for 30 min with a United Healthcare rep for one of my patients yesterday. Don't think I'm a friend of HMO's. I am just talking about these crazy HIPA regs.

[AdamSelene235]

BTW, I argued for 30 min with a United Healthcare rep for one of my patients yesterday. Don't think I'm a friend of HMO's. I am just talking about these crazy HIPA regs.

A doctor is an employee hired by patients. I will not hire a doctor who will not respect the Hippocratic oath (which contains basic privacy provisions) any more than I would hire an engineer who insists on selling proprietary information.

As far as I can tell, the medical establishment is determined to deny coverage to those who try to buck the system.

I've been without coverage for a year now because of my refusal to submit my SSN. As an avid motorcyclist and rock climber, this is very disconcerting. Do you know of *any* insurance companies that aren't pre-occupied with hawking my personal information.

[dalereed]

If I ever see a doctor from now on it will be in Mexico. As far as i'm concerned, you as a doctor don't even have a right to keep my records after your bill has been paid. No one has a right to know anything about my health!