> It was less efficient, because you had to carry your documents around yourself, but I'm not sure that the care was significantly less effective. Also your he

> It was less efficient, because you had to carry your documents around yourself, but I'm not sure that the care was significantly less effective. Also your healthcare providers kept their fully-identified records. And, yes, it was signficantly less effective with higher error rates, etc. > How many people will simply not see a doctor because they're worried about this? Very few, I suspect. None that I have ever heard of outside of people with significant anxiety disorders (this is literally true, and not my implying anything).