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From: jimb@drutx.UUCP (Jim Bryant)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Re: The HTLV3 Antibody Test
Message-ID: <309@drutx.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 14-Mar-86 16:47:27 EST
Article-I.D.: drutx.309
Posted: Fri Mar 14 16:47:27 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 15-Mar-86 21:55:54 EST
References: <3355@sun.uucp>
Reply-To: jimb@drutx.UUCP (Jim Bryant)
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Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver
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Summary: 

In article <3355@sun.uucp> wild@sun.uucp (Will Doherty) writes:
> I decided to take the HTLV3 Antibody test because:
> [...] 
> 
> I wouldn't have taken the test unless I was sure to be
> guaranteed anonymity and confidentiality through the
> alternative test sites here in California.  If you decide
> to have a personal physician conduct the test, ask the physician
> not to record the result in your medical record, or anywhere
> else.
> 
> 			Will Doherty
> 			sun!oscar!wild

I'd like to know what type of guarantee you can get from them that the
information is confidential. If this is a government funded organization
(ie. not a private doctor), who is to say that a couple months down the
road the state or federal government won't confiscate the records?
Also, I'd like to know the approximate price of the test from a private
doctor. Does anyone dare submit it to their insurance company? Has
anyone out there lost their health insurance just because they took the
test?

at&t information systems/denver colorado/jim bryant - k6
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