One effect of the large uninsured population – medical identity theft:
This is when thieves use your name or insurance information to get medical treatment. Or, they might use it to buy prescription drugs or get reimbursed by insurance companies for services you never received.
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Thanks for bringing up a subject that most politicians and the “corporate medical complex” rather not approach. If 40-plus million people wre sufferng from an eradicable illness would the politicians or “complex” pay attention? We currently have a national discussion on @ 12-15 million immigrants who are “wreaking havoc” on our medical (safety net) system but 40-plus million apparently have no “juice”. Not onl;y will we see identity theft we will also see capitalist profiteering (insurance,pharmaceutical and managed care corp.) The safety net is what most of the uninsured, underinsured depend on. How do we to take the greed out of caring? Thoughts to follow. OMG
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