<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" /><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" /></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">That has nothing to do with proving who you are except for the purpose of tracking you down for payment.<br>
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In the past year, every doctor that takes insurance requires it "for proof of identity" so they will get paid. The insurance companies require it.<br>
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The docs that will only take cash don't ask.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On August 24, 2016 3:57:14 PM EDT, Jerald Sheets <questy@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Since many of you are privacy conscious, I’m curious as to how you handle the increasing requirements of medical offices to scan and store your drivers license to receive care. </span><div class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class="" /></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font face="-webkit-standard" size="3" class="">I don’t mind proving who I am, but we just got dropped by a pediatrician for refusing to allow them to scan and store our driver’s license. It was a good pediatrician, too!</font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class="" /></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:
-webkit-standard; font-size: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Any anecdotes, links to the actual statutes, etc.?</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class="" /></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class="" /></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font face="-webkit-standard" size="3" class="">—jms</font></span></div><p style="margin-top: 2.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: 1px solid #000"></p><pre class="k9mail"><hr /><br />Ale mailing list<br />Ale@ale.org<br /><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br />See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br /><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
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