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Re: Credit reports anybody?
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Fri, 19 Mar 1999 20:17:37 GMT
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cjc@newsguy.com+saynotospam+
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Beth Reiten <breiten@net-art.de> wrote:
> I feel the same way. Do you know what it felt like when I was trying to gather my
> medical records before coming to Germany (I've had a bit of a nomadic life) and I
> was told that it would cost me $5 for the first three pages and then $1 per page
> after that to get COPIES of my own medical records??? That's my body, those are my
> records!! Considering the fact that the place that was giving me this particular
> quote was the one where I had two tendons in my hand reattached, and I was in the
> community for 4 years, do you want to guess how big that file is? Unfortunately,
> the answer you will be given by anyone in the information gathering business is that
> since they gathered the information and have added value to the raw data, what they
> give you will be more valuable/useful/whatever than the original. Therefore, you
> owe them money. Much as I hate it, that is the way life is going.
I hear you. I needed my medical records from a hospital once that
wanted to charge me the same kind of outrageous fee. When I told them
I wouldn't pay them a buck a page to make a nickel photocopy so I'd
like to take them to Kinko's and copy them myself they said no. Don't
remember the reason.
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| (...) The reason? They "own" your records, and you leaving with them is tantamount to theft. Just for fun: try touching your file the next time you have an appointment! Beth (25 years ago, 19-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Julie Krenz wrote: (text deleted) (...) I feel the same way. Do you know what it felt like when I was trying to gather my medical records before coming to Germany (I've had a bit of a nomadic life) and I was told that it would cost me $5 for the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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