Posted by fachad on July 30, 2002, at 22:52:04
In reply to med insrnc privacy - is it really this bad??, posted by housecat2075 on July 29, 2002, at 2:06:45
The HR staff of your employeer knowing your private medical info is only part of the problem.
Take a look at this post and the assoicated thread:
Insurance, Profitability, Utilization, Profiling
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20020709/msgs/112416.html
-fachad
> I recently got a new job. my new insurance just gives me the creeeps, on a RX claim or mail order form, it says the following
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> "i authorize the release of information [what information?] to your plan sponsor, plan admin, health care providers [my other docs?], and employer??????"
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> do i have no legal rights to modify this, i honestly can't believe that something like this can show up on an RX claim form, and i scoured the net and have found almsost nothing on what rights we have (if any) to limit information sharing by our insurance companies to only what is absolutely necessary.
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> i was going to x out there clause and rewrite it saying "with prior notification of the insured" or "as is related directly to this claim"
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> how can these companies operate like this???
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> i am really pisssed, its 3 AM, i have work tommorow, and now i have to worry about my employer and all my doctors knowing about every single med i take, i cant believe this, say it aint so, say i can do something!!!! even overseas, right now prices of the meds i take are just too high.
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> someone tell me i have a right to limit them on how they share information. if not i cant believe that this is going on without most ppl knowing or caring
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> arggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(
poster:fachad
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