[Med-privacy] Take Your Health Data "Off the Market"

[peter marshall]

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Did you know?=A0 Your prescription data -- including name, address,=A0date=
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of birth and drug regimen is FOR SALE.=A0 Just imagine the =
discrimination=20
that=A0occurs if your prescription data gets into the hands of your=20
employer or bank.

Every day all 51,000 pharmacies in the U.S. download, transmit and sell=20=

personally identifiable information for every drug they disburse.=A0 =
Even=20
if you pay cash.=A0

The main purchasers of this data are insurance companies and=20
underwriters, pharmaceutical companies and other data miners.=A0=20
Arguably, the data can be bought and sold by anyone who wants to=20
purchase it.

Don't remember agreeing to this?=A0 Well, you didn't....
Americans are in the dark about this practice.=A0 No one has ever given=20=

informed consent for their personal information to be used in this=20
way.=A0 No one has ever been given the right to opt out of this=20
practice....
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We rely heavily on prescription medications to heal us.=A0 Our drugs are=20=

as good as our diagnosis.=A0 Your prescription regimen should be a=20
private matter between you, your doctor and your pharmacist....=A0


Patient Privacy Rights

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