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Makes me wonder about their kind offer to centralize all our health records.



FWIW, I recently had to get the records of a medical test that was performed when I was a teenager. All I had to do was fax the hospital a form with my date of birth, approximate year the test was done, and a signature, and they sent the records to me in the mail. Absolutely terrifying.


I've been working in the industry for 6 months, and so far I've learnt that having a data-of-birth, post-code and surname is all you ever need.

..and that for twins, having the same post-code can be fatal..


yet really practical isn't it ?


I'd rather have my health records public than information that could be used to compromise my financial security, considering the US doesn't enforce squat against credit credit bureaus who provide blatantly false information.




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