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>>>"I don't like my insurance company knowing my health status." Are you joking? Insurance companies have/need access to all the data about you, otherwise the
by HNSHITSAYS 13y ago
>>>"I don't like my insurance company knowing my health status."
Are you joking?
Insurance companies have/need access to all the data about you, otherwise they won't be able to pay providers for the services.
This is equivalent of Tea Party activist proclaiming "Keep government out of my Medicare".
These Privacy FUD articles bring out the worst of HN.
- arethuza 13y agoI'm amazed that someone signed up for HN to make this comment.
- tomp 13y ago> This is equivalent of Tea Party activist proclaiming "Keep government out of my Medicare". I see little conflict of interest between the government and the insured citizens (lower costs, keep healthy people healthy, make sick people healthier), while there is a lot of conflict of interest between private insurers and their (potential) customers (not insure sick people, only insure those healthy people who have little chance of becoming sick, do all they can to avoid paying in case of a claim).
- escapologybb 13y agoI'm not sure if you read the article, but I'll assume you have and you missed the part where this was about the NHS in England. My healthcare when I turn up to hospital in the UK isn't being paid for by an insurance company, it is - basically - funded through taxes and administered through central government. Hope that clears it up for you.