You may be concerned about identity theft, and protecting your Social Security number is part of that concern.
This doesn’t include the unpaid bills to private practice physicians or other forms of non-hospital-based care.
It is an enormous problem that only serves to drive up healthcare costs nationwide.
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Nor can a doctor discriminate based on a person’s sex or sexual orientation.
Dobkin C, Finkelstein A, Kluender R, Notowidigdo MJ.The Economic Consequences of Hospital Admissions.
2018 Feb;102(2):308-352. doi: 10.1257/aer.20161038.
United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General,Medical Identity Theft
