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- From: dwn@bnl.gov (Dave Niebuhr)
- Subject: Re: Insurance question
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.122251.12915@bnlux1.bnl.gov>
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- Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory
- References: <C17z3p.K79@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 12:22:51 GMT
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- In article K79@news.cso.uiuc.edu, acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Albert Cheng) writes:
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- >In article <1993Jan21.025025.3938%jim.uucp@wupost.wustl.edu>, mike%jim.uucp@wupost.wustl.edu (Mike S.) writes:
- >>Every life insurance policy I have had required a blood test.
- >>I also believe the insurance companies check medical databases
- >>to see what medical treatment you have had recently.
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- >What do you mean? I thought my medical record is private. Or
- >did you mean they check with my doctor(s)?
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- Nope. They check with the Medical Information Bureau which has
- very extrnsive records on anyone who has had medical treatment.
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- Insurance companies (medical, life, etc.) routinely do this.
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- Dave
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