[ale] Privacy!

[Jim Kinney]

That has nothing to do with proving who you are except for the purpose of tracking you down for payment.

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.

The docs that will only take cash don't ask.

On August 24, 2016 3:57:14 PM EDT, Jerald Sheets <questy at gmail.com> wrote:
>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.
>
>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!
>
>Any anecdotes, links to the actual statutes, etc.?
>
>
>—jms
>
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