About 60 bucks – something to think about with the drive towards EHRs:
One 57-year-old Florida woman found that after her identity was stolen, the information was used to pay for a costly foot amputation. Worse, after heading in for a hysterectomy, she found that the scammer’s medical history was now intertwined with her own — the records suggesting she had magically acquired some of the scammer’s medical conditions (like diabetes). Statistics show some 250,000 Americans had their medical information stolen and misused in recent years, with user records selling for around $60 a pop on the black market.
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