Re: Medical Information Bureau

[James Love <love@tap.org>]

On Thu, 16 Nov 1995, Robert Gellman wrote:
> > .... how will MIB get the data if a bill 
> > passes?  jamie
> 
> With the consent of the record subject.  Same way they get it today.  

     MIB gets it from me?  I don't recall every giving them anything.  
Someone said they have records on 15 million persons.  15 million consents?
Why would anyone give them the consent in the first place? 

> Someone else posted a comment to the effect that you don't have a choice 
> if you want insurance.  I don't take issue with that.  

      do they get consent from you when you give an insurance company 
consent to look at your records?  What then?  The insurance company 
"owns" the records, and gives them to MIB?  Or does my insurance company 
just say, here sign this MIB form?  


      jamie


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