Will The Hippocratic Oath Get Amended To `First, Check On The MedFICO, Then Do No Harm?' (Trees And Things)

thefadd: Re: Therein lies the Rub, bub.

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:21:08 EST

Beyond the privacy issue joshv points out, everyone in the lending/credit extension industry wants a more targeted credit history report. Ever wonder why you might pull one credit score from off myfico.com and your car dealer has another? Auto specific cre

joshv: Re: Will The Hippocratic Oath Get Amended To `Firs

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:00:28 EST

I find it odd that you somehow thought that doctors keep things secret from the insurance company. They report everything - medical conditions, procedures, prescriptions - they have to so that they can get reimbursed. It would work the same way

skeeter1: Re: Will The Hippocratic Oath Get Amended To `Firs

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:14:21 EST

Yep, you've got it right. Once upon a time there was a silent doctor-patient relationship that was inviolable. As the insurance companies got into the picture, that confidential relationship went right down the toilet. Shareholders first,

skeeter1: Re: Will The Hippocratic Oath Get Amended To `Firs

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:22:56 EST

"Odd, you've been so candid about your medical condition thus far. "

Yes, and I'll continue to be candid about my medical condition on this forum.

My peeve is that what I told my doctor should have stayed as private information. O

Lou: Re: Will The Hippocratic Oath Get Amended To `Firs

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 08:57:32 EST

Sounds like the classic "pre-existing condition". I've got a couple of body things knocking for my attention but I'm not telling my doctor since I don't have health insurance. I'm holding out for that happy day when I get a job with insurance..

joshv: Re: Will The Hippocratic Oath Get Amended To `Firs

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:27:27 EST

Odd, you've been so candid about your medical condition thus far. Perhaps this 'loophole' was your forgetting to mention that you were a smoker when you signed up for insurance?

zyxwvutsr: Re: Will The Hippocratic Oath Get Amended To `Firs

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:18:53 EST

What sort of loophole did they find?

It was a fistula.

skeeter1: Re: Will The Hippocratic Oath Get Amended To `Firs

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:04:54 EST

None of your business, and I don't think it was their's as well. I went to my doctor once several years ago, and I thought the doctor-patient relationship stayed private. Apparently not.

joshv: Re: Will The Hippocratic Oath Get Amended To `Firs

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:58:21 EST

What sort of loophole did they find?

skeeter1: Re: Will The Hippocratic Oath Get Amended To `Firs

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:31:11 EST

I've recently gone through this. I've had a bout with oral cancer, and needed chemo- and radiation-therapy. In the aftermath, my insurance company found a loophole and dumped me. Now I'm sitting on about $100K of bills.

The hospitals I

joshv: Re: Therein lies the Rub, bub.

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:48:50 EST

No, if you'd read the article you'd realize the impetus behind the MedFICO is the protection of patient privacy. Privacy concerns are the reason many medical debts are not reported and or underreported on credit records.

joshv: Re: Therein lies the Rub, bub.

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:44:55 EST

Well, reading the article, I think the issue is that because of medical privacy concerns, unpaid medical debts are not showing up on people's credit records. So there are people out there with 700+ FICO scores, who owe a ton on health care related de

Lou: Re: Therein lies the Rub, bub.

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:31:54 EST

I agree with you about how these folks already have access to a patient's credit score. Admittedly, I didn't read the article, but I wonder if the new MedFico also has a person's medical rating. Fat? Smoker? Family history of insani

pO157: Therein lies the Rub, bub.

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:25:33 EST

I am not a lawyer, but I would imagine that they would be unlikely to check your MedFICO score if you showed up at the ER because you fell on a pile of bullets. Not only would this be an EMTALA violation, but it

joshv: Re: Will The Hippocratic Oath Get Amended To `Firs

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:39:51 EST

So, they can already check your FICO score, and apparently they aren't doing so before giving care right now (at least I am assuming so because of the decided lack of a general uproar), so why would they be any more likely to check your MedFICO before givi