Hmac wrote:xd ED wrote:
Is a non-answer anything but a 'yes', practically speaking?
What difference does it make? The information you provide to your doctor is your business, no one else's. The doctor works for you. You hire him or her to give you advice about your health care. You can make your own decisions about what you want in your medical record. If your plumber comes out to your home to fix a leaky pipe and starts asking you about your sexual preferences, how would you respond?
But let's not lose focus on the impetus of these questions. They are being asked at the behest of the "government". Ostensibly to be used against you in some form or fashion. There isn't a scenario where the Dr or govt knowing could be a benefit to you. The Dr does have fiduciary obligations to his patients, but can seemingly be dismissed simply on the dr's discretion.