Is It Time To Contact My Attorney?

[Marine Corps Air]

I'd like to have some of the other forum members opinions on this question. It just doesn't smell right to me. However, I could be wrong.

It's time for the old annual check up and my doctor sent out the five pages of non-sensical questions. It's a brand new questionnaire this year. This year there's a new area entitled "Personal Safety" with two questions:

1. Do you wear seatbelts? - Always, Often, Occasionally, Never

and then there's the question,

2. Do you have firearms in your home? Yes or No If yes, are they kept locked up?

I'm not at all comfortable with that second question, especially since I don't know who will see my responses. I also am on "Obama Care" and have no idea who might have access to this information, especially from a FOIA request.

Is this the new standard for doctors to ask?

 

[SMSgt]

Technically, they are not required to ask, and you most certainly are not required to answer.

 

[Buffalohunter60]

Diddo...I would not answer either question...its simpy, none of their business. Your health is their business...your guns are not.

 

[Comrad]

Everybody lies to their doctors about how much they drink, smoke, fried **** they eat, how much salt they use, how much they exercise, gun ownership should be no different.
They like to come up with a when you are going to die guess based on all the risk factors.

 

[66Park]

NONE of their damned business.

 

[Sprefix]

Ditto here....no answers would be given by me........

 

[raveneap]

I agree, not appropriate questions for you doctor to be asking. However, I have found that, other than thst, the older you get, the less you'll lie to your doctor.

 

[HankG]

When I was a kid, I was taught that one should never tell a lie...George Washington story.... As I learned later in life, you have to really look at who's asking the questions and what reverberations your answers will have.

Honor does not dictate behaving like a child when living in an adult world.

When your wife asks you if you think she looks fat in a particular dress, what is your answer and why are you giving it?

 

[VMaxSplat]

Tell your doctor to mind his own business.

 

[Sebago Son]

This is the new CDC regimen as implemented by Presidential Mandate right after New Town.

I would simply reply "NOYFB" on the form work.

If they ask what that is short for, just look at them and smile...

 

[vytoland]

would I answer these questions?........Not now...Not ever!!!

 

[calmex]

Not living in the U.S., my answer is probably "unqualified", but down here, we'd just lie and say "no" and that would be it. What are they going to do? Come and check up on you? And if later on, even only a few weeks later, it somehow comes up that you have a safe full of guns....

"I just bought those. And the safe." ....or....

"I just inherited those. And the safe." ....or....

"...any new variations on the theme."

Obviously, if you answer "yes" to the question, they have information on you they can potentially misuse. If you answer "no", they lose that little edge they might have had over you, and it's something that's pretty deniable.

If you get caught, it's the old "...act surprised, show concern, deny, deny, deny."

I've been living in Mexico a long time and don't think twice about lying to someone who is obviously trying to pull something on me for their own ends. Back in Canada I'd have felt sort of bad about it but after 22 years down here...well, you can figure it out.

 

[COL Jagdog]

Here's a thought:

Prepare a questionaire for your doctor to answer:

How often does he drink, have sex each week, does he get honorariums from pharmaceutical companies, what is the incidence of MRSA infections in the hospitals he has priviliges in, and if he is a contract employee of a hospital or medical group, ask him to share with you the details of any incentives or bonus plans under his contract and what he has to do to earn such incentives or bonuses --
(trust me on this one, they all have such a plan if they are contract employees, I just mediated a case involving this issue) -- he will clam up.

My guess is that your doc is probably a pretty good guy -- just ask him to stick to the Hippocratic principles and you will continue to pay him for his services (thru your medical provider).

Under no circumstances would I answer those questions.

What's next: will he want to know how many toasters you own or LCD TV's or how many dogs -- Holy cow

 

[MurphyPr]

I would honestly answer both questions.

My answer to the first question would be "Irrelevant".

My answer to the second question would be "Confidential".

 

[66Park]

This is the new CDC regimen as implemented by Presidential Mandate right after New Town.

I would simply reply "NOYFB" on the form work.

If they ask what that is short for, just look at them and smile...

Or just write "N/A," as in "this is not applicable to me because I have constitutional rights."

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

It's always time to contact your attorney.

Bring your checkbook

BTW the correct answer to question #1 is "23" and to #2 the answers are "Rameses II" and if yes "Thorazine".

 

[LoboGunLeather]

I recently received an e-mail on this subject containing the following:

Here is what the law says--taken directly from the Affordable Care Act:"

''(1) WELLNESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS.—A wellness and health promotion activity implemented under subsection (a)(1)(D) may not require the disclosure or collection of any information relating to—
''(A) the presence or storage of a lawfully-possessed firearm or ammunition in the residence or on the property of an individual; or
''(B) the lawful use, possession, or storage of a firearm or ammunition by an individual.

''(2) LIMITATION ON DATA COLLECTION.—None of the authorities provided to the Secretary under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or an amendment made by that Act shall be construed to authorize or may be used for the collection of any information relating to—
''(A) the lawful ownership or possession of a firearm or ammunition;
''(B) the lawful use of a firearm or ammunition; or
''(C) the lawful storage of a firearm or ammunition.

"You may verify this at: http://housedocs.house.gov/energycommerce/ppacacon.pdf
http://housedocs.house.gov/energycommerce/ppacacon.pdf>
Obamacare Amendment Does Not Forbid Gun and Ammo Registration | Wizbang ."

 

[wheelgun28]

I would just write what is a gun?

If I had one why would I secure it?

 

[Arik]

Im not a lawyer nor do i play one on tv but i would answer only whats relevant.



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[maddog909]

As long as you haven't signed a oath on the bible prior to answering these weird health questions you are under no obligation to answer them relative to non health issues. Not sure what's happening in the world of medicine but this is "*****".