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raccoon

(31,881 posts)
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 11:15 AM Jan 2025

I was at my doctor's just now, and a woman more elderly than I am, was asked by the intake person

if she was born in this country.

They didn't ask me that.

Anybody know anything about this? All the bullshit that goes on now about citizenship makes me suspicious. Is this some nonsense the government has come up with?

Maybe I'm overly suspicious, but these days it's hard not to be.

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I was at my doctor's just now, and a woman more elderly than I am, was asked by the intake person (Original Post) raccoon Jan 2025 OP
What state are you in? JohnSJ Jan 2025 #1
SC raccoon Jan 2025 #10
That sure isn't standard practice here in California. JohnSJ Jan 2025 #11
Nor in NY choie Jan 2025 #12
Why would they ask anybody that? Diamond_Dog Jan 2025 #2
Maybe a Medicaid recipient,.. magicarpet Jan 2025 #3
To receive Medicaid you have to fill out and sign a form stating that you are a citizen of whatever state you're in. Diamond_Dog Jan 2025 #5
For fun, let's say she answered "no" berniesandersmittens Jan 2025 #4
It's new law in Texas. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #6
One of the many that are making it increasingly odious to continue living in this state. bluesbassman Jan 2025 #8
I would be suspicious of a doctor's office sarisataka Jan 2025 #7
The soon to be the new American way. republianmushroom Jan 2025 #9

magicarpet

(18,455 posts)
3. Maybe a Medicaid recipient,..
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 11:31 AM
Jan 2025

.... is it now policy to double check that the patient is a citizen to receive the governmental services ?

Maybe the office manager is a devout MAGA Fascist looking to deny medical services to immigrants.

Diamond_Dog

(37,290 posts)
5. To receive Medicaid you have to fill out and sign a form stating that you are a citizen of whatever state you're in.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 12:00 PM
Jan 2025

You have to do that when you apply for it. So if she had Medicaid , that should have already been confirmed.

No requirement AFAIK to be born in the USA.

berniesandersmittens

(12,113 posts)
4. For fun, let's say she answered "no"
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 11:44 AM
Jan 2025

The receptionist puts that into the woman's medical information file.

How many healthcare data breaches have happened in the last few years? I've personally gotten several letters saying my info may have been hacked.

So now her hypothetical answer of "not a citizen" is in the possession of Big Data miners. It's shared and hacked and stolen.

Eventually she is in a database of a government entity that is tasked with deporting her, along with several members of her family due to data association.

Now change the receptionists question to "have you ever had an abortion?"...

There are dark times coming.

bluesbassman

(20,292 posts)
8. One of the many that are making it increasingly odious to continue living in this state.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 12:09 PM
Jan 2025

My wife and I are actively looking for an alternative.

sarisataka

(21,731 posts)
7. I would be suspicious of a doctor's office
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 12:05 PM
Jan 2025

that was set up in such a way that patients can listen to other's intake questions. The office I go to has dividers and the line is kept several feet back so it is very difficult to overhear what they are saying at intake.

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