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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I suppose for a few celebs and super private people it matters, but for the most part it is just another paper to sign and creates obstacles for people to access their own information and to help family members. I wish there was a way my family and  I could opt out completely because I really do not care.[/quote]

It sounds to me like you do not actually understand HIPAA based on those complaints. Your family CAN grant you permission to access their medical information. If they have not done so, it's because they don't want you to have access to that stuff.

It sounds like you want to revoke your right to privacy because you are lazy about paperwork. That is not a good reason to degrade privacy laws generally speaking. [/quote]

I do understand it and I have done the paperwork but it is required for every single provider. You can’t even call the effing dentist about your college kids cavity w/o it but they will let you pay. It is just another obstacle. Add in the fact that providers all interpret it differently. Some will accept a standard HIPAA waiver some have their very own. Some require everything to be faxed like it’s 1993 and some won’t email because they don’t have a secure server. Your 90 year old father has a fall and the hospital they take him to isn’t the one that has the waiver - time wasted and stress in an already time critical and stressful situation. Have a kid out of state in the ER? They won’t tell you anything until you fax the waiver. Then you need separate waivers for any follow up care. Trying to manage care for kids or for seniors out of state is hard enough without having to manage these extra things. I don’t want to degrade anyone else’s right to privacy but I’d happily abandon mine.

To the other poster, I wouldn’t care if the doc talked about my stuff because everyone has something going on. None of us are that special. I also don’t think most people would like to hear about my twisted testicle or whatever. [/quote]

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