CCW Permit holders - Internet Warning!

[Bill K]

I just had my annual physical on August 23rd 2011. No questions! Could it be a political agenda on the doctor's part? If it is a new mandate, is it, perhaps, only for those on Medicare?

Laz

Nope. On Medicare and recently had major surgery (Aug. 9th) and physical with my PCP about to weeks ago. No such questions were by asked by any of the 3-4 Docs I've come in contact with over the past several months.

[TheTman]

It could be a medicare thing. They've asked me those questions 3 times now, twice on office visits, and once through their website's email program.

[LaP]

Years ago while living in New York, Doctors were required to ask their patients if they had "any guns in the house."
My surgeon asked told me of this requirement and then said "If you own a gun, practice with it and use it wisely."
I miss that doctor.

New York has chased many of us to a better life in other states. I love Indy.

[kahrlover123]

Hey, KahrLover! I just noticed you comment.

Can you back that up with any details? Thanks!

Just google with "prepaid legal scam" and you will see a lot of examples

Anyway, it's off-topic

[jocko]

screw um, lie. I think I would have to ask my doctor if he ever had sex with a dog???

[Rainman48314]

I did a keyword search of the latest PDF I could find of H.R. 3200. I found 0 occurrences of the word "stressed", 1 occurrence of the word "threatened" on page 183 and 19 occurrences of the word "harm". None of the word hits were in the context of those three questions! Could someone please tell me where in H.R. 3200 those questions appear even if worded differently?

Thanks...

Until I involuntarily retired last August, I was an Exec. with a major health insurance company. We had many a briefing re "ObamaCare". Our agent partners and independent consultants shared the legal dept. synopsis from other companies with us. NOT A SINGLE reference to any mandatory questioning of patients. In my 35 years as either an Insur. Company employee or as a HC Consultant, never once has this come up. My experience also included Medicare Advantage products.

Four things come to mind. (1) The doctor has a political agenda and is twisting something or outright making it up (2) this is a very, very new item coming from VA and only for vets covered by VA plans. (3) The Doctor's lawyer suggested it for liability reasons and helped make up a story to cover his real intent. (3) a State requirement for a malpractice coverage risk pool.

Tom, do you have dual coverage with Champus, TriCare or a VA plan?

[wyntrout]

screw um, lie. I think I would have to ask my doctor if he ever had sex with a dog???

Just before your prostate exam??

Wynn