>><*> This is also interesting... Does anyone have the address on the
>>Medical Information Bureau??
>
>> I saw a quick report on them on my local news. From what I was
>>able to catch, anyone can write to them to get copies of whatever
>>is written on you (medically).
Yes, address and phone below.
>
>>If you ever went to the Doctor to fix a toe nail - the whole story is in
>>their files.
>
Not quite, entries are not this elaborate. Many times no records are found.
At least that's what they tell you :-)
>> It seems like this is much like that little form you can fill out
>>to find out how many quarters you've paid into Social Security. I
>>just don't recall the address. I'm pretty sure it's somewhere in
>>Virginia.. Who knows????
>
>Anyone got any more info? I've heard of this too but thought it was based
>in Boston or the northeast somewhere.
>
>This is really ugly stuff - to me it implies that they could be running
>check on medical history as a pre-employment screening, perhaps to weed
>out folks with any history of psychological treatment, drug rehabs, or
>any history of serious illness. Somehow I doubt that this is regulated and
>scrutized to the extent that Credit reporting is. Most likely it's totally
>run as a service to the insurance business with their interests met. I'm
>very curious what rights we have to see the information and to contest it's
>accuracy if necessary. I also wonder if this information is marketed and
>sold like credit reports - aren't doctors bound by some rights of the
>privacy of a patient? I'd be surprised if the info is freely available to
>folks like potential employers, but I'd love to get some conformation
>one way or the other.
>
> - Malcolm
MIB can be reached at 617 426-3660, follow the instructions for leaving name
and address and they will mail you a form to fill out. Then, in a few weeks, youwill get your reply. Whether corrections can be made to your file is an
unknown. The address is:
MIB
PO Box 105 Essex Station
Boston, MA 02112
Lucille C. Orlando, Manager, MIB Information Office
For those of you interested in other info try the FBI. Under the Freedom
on Inf./ Privacy Act, individuals can get a copy of any records held by FBI in
their NCIC and UCR databanks:
Write to:
FBI
FOIPA Section
J.Edgar Hoover Bldg.
9th and E Streets NW
Washington, DC 20535
202 324-5520
Procedure: Provide Full name, DOB, Place of Birth, Address.
*********Request must be notarized or it will be returned!**********
I have had a request in for almost 3 months now, with only a reply saying
