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Originally Posted by Bavarian
I am concerned with this mandatory sharing of medical information and that it is mandatory for me, a patient, to allow all my medical history to be known. Then insurance companies will have access to this info and use it to deny coverage, employers will check this database before making job offers, etc. And that is just the tip of the iceberg.
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This is completely untrue. Please don't worry. As has always been true, your personal medical information is released only after YOU authorize it, and only to the person/business/agency that YOU specify. This is true regardless of whether your records are stored electronically or on paper.