I've heard from a prior doctor of mine that health insurance agencies collect diagnosis information from doctors and report it to work if your insurance is through work. Doesn't that invalidate any claim of confidentiality? I'm not sure if I want to be so honest with my doctors any more...
2006-09-08 02:00:12 · 3 answers · asked by Cheshire Cat 6 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Bless you , Zahbuhdar for assuming the best in people, however, I suppose I ought to explain the context. *I* asked for a physcial one time (not required for work) and I couldn't help but notice that a few unnecessary questions were thrown in:
1. Sexual orientation?
2. Use of prostitutes?
And perhaps there were other invasive questions that seemed too "innocent" for me to notice at the time. However, I struck me at the time that "screwing around without a condom with someone you randomly met at a bar" did not make the list, leaving me to wonder if there is some particular extra health hazard that comes from sluts that have sex in exchange for money as opposed to those that do so after drinking a bit. Also notably missing was any question about using any safe sex practices! Anyhow, it just struck me how that sort of thing could be a set-up for blackmailing someone, which *might* have something to do with healing disease *maybe.* But maybe not...
2006-09-08 02:32:15 · update #1
So although I didn't have much to worry about personally on the sex issues, I *DO* struggle with general anxiety disorder (oh, great job y'all over the last 5 years - 9-11, wars, cutting budgets, etc - in proving that I wasn't paranoid since a great deal of my worries seem to be actualizing themselves - gotta love THAT). So I got to thinking that maybe my counseling might not be so confidential either... Wouldn't it be wonderful to have social stigma at work? I'm sure that will help me with my issues REALLY fast! (As in, I was right again in thinking that people can be truely vile cretins - so maybe I wasn't really "crazy" after all!)
2006-09-08 02:39:45 · update #2
That is an ivasion of your privacy and they have broken laws. If your job requires you to take a physical and they are paying for it and you have signed a consent to releasse the info., then they are correct. otherwise ,no. check to see if you have signed a release.
2006-09-08 02:08:05 · answer #1 · answered by Kathleen T 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well now, seeings as you are stuck in Martha's Common Conundrum, let me try to help you out. Would you tell your best friend about this mighty secret over a cup of tea, or glass of wine? If so, the terrible tale you wish to retain from others might be just an inflated figment of your imagination. Let it all out; relieve yourself of the burden. Do you suppose others lack similar afflictions?
Suppose your medical helpers treated you for the wrong ailment as a result of certain information you withheld. You would surely be in a pickle then. Visualize being cured of diabetes, and dead from cancer.
2006-09-08 09:15:03 · answer #2 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What confidentiality? When there is a buck to be made, all is fair game.
2006-09-08 09:16:25 · answer #3 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋