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[Dr Adrian Midgley (In the office)]

Roland Perry wrote:

> Is it generally possible to be a patient in the USA and not reveal your 
> address, though? The system of paying for treatment via insurance 
> companies probably has the side effect that the hospital wants to be 
> able to collect the bill if for some reason the insurance company 
> refuses to pay.

A system could be consturcted by competent cryptographers and privacy 
activists, could it not, which allowed it to be.

Alternatively, poste restante and accomodation addresses are used in 
some circumstances, as is the address of the general practice.

It is not yet illegal to not have a telephone, and indeed if BT is the 
supplier ...

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