Could the government find guns through doctors?
In a routine screening/checkup there are some doctors, from the article its pediatricians during well-child checkups, who may ask questions about guns in the home.
https://www.ksl.com/article/46664188/study-pediatricians-less-likely-to-ask-questions-about-gun-safety-after-mass-shootings
Some questions I have.
Do doctors really need to ask these questions? Is it there place to educate patients on gun safety?
What happens with the answers? Does the doctor record the answer in the patient's record?
My concern comes with a doctor recording any gun-related answer in the patient's health record. Most of these health records are in a digital format, often fully accessible across the doctor's healthcare network if the doctor is associated with a medical care facility or group.
What parts of the health record are shared with insurance companies who process healthcare claims?
Health records are supposed to become portable, that is easily transferable among healthcare providers.
Are questions regarding guns considered protected health information?
What happens if, from some future legislative action (or an unwarranted action), the government or a law enforcement agency is able to access health records specifically looking for answers to gun-related questions (like who has guns)? This would be another way for law enforcement to locate guns that may not be registered.
What happens if insurance companies are able to access the answers to gun-related questions?
The biggest problem with this is insurance companies will likely use these to increase premiums, justifying the increase because owning guns could potentially increase health risks.
I've mentioned this in the past, but if Democrats/Liberals can't take away the Second Amendment, they will make it unbearably expensive to buy and own guns. They will tax the purchase of guns and ammunition. They will make all guns subject to being registered. They may even have a yearly fee to keep guns registered.
If a medicare-for-all or single-payer healthcare system gets implemented you can be assured there will be gun-related questions to get your healthcare. And your premiums will be higher because you have a gun. And even higher if you have more than one gun and certain types of guns. Of course it will be criminal to not report guns on your healthcare form, with high fines and even jail time, not to mention denial of healthcare claims, if it's discovered you have guns.
I see the adding of additional taxes on guns and ammunition, along with any fees associated with owning a gun, as infringing on the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Liberals/Democrats won't agree because they will say they aren't taking guns away and not taking away the right to own guns. But the ability, the right, to get a gun and keep it is being infringed upon if the majority of the population cannot afford to have one, whether they chose to or not.
I'm not a fan of doctors asking gun-related questions if there is any kind of reporting of any of the answers.
https://www.ksl.com/article/46664188/study-pediatricians-less-likely-to-ask-questions-about-gun-safety-after-mass-shootings
Some questions I have.
Do doctors really need to ask these questions? Is it there place to educate patients on gun safety?
What happens with the answers? Does the doctor record the answer in the patient's record?
My concern comes with a doctor recording any gun-related answer in the patient's health record. Most of these health records are in a digital format, often fully accessible across the doctor's healthcare network if the doctor is associated with a medical care facility or group.
What parts of the health record are shared with insurance companies who process healthcare claims?
Health records are supposed to become portable, that is easily transferable among healthcare providers.
Are questions regarding guns considered protected health information?
What happens if, from some future legislative action (or an unwarranted action), the government or a law enforcement agency is able to access health records specifically looking for answers to gun-related questions (like who has guns)? This would be another way for law enforcement to locate guns that may not be registered.
What happens if insurance companies are able to access the answers to gun-related questions?
The biggest problem with this is insurance companies will likely use these to increase premiums, justifying the increase because owning guns could potentially increase health risks.
I've mentioned this in the past, but if Democrats/Liberals can't take away the Second Amendment, they will make it unbearably expensive to buy and own guns. They will tax the purchase of guns and ammunition. They will make all guns subject to being registered. They may even have a yearly fee to keep guns registered.
If a medicare-for-all or single-payer healthcare system gets implemented you can be assured there will be gun-related questions to get your healthcare. And your premiums will be higher because you have a gun. And even higher if you have more than one gun and certain types of guns. Of course it will be criminal to not report guns on your healthcare form, with high fines and even jail time, not to mention denial of healthcare claims, if it's discovered you have guns.
I see the adding of additional taxes on guns and ammunition, along with any fees associated with owning a gun, as infringing on the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Liberals/Democrats won't agree because they will say they aren't taking guns away and not taking away the right to own guns. But the ability, the right, to get a gun and keep it is being infringed upon if the majority of the population cannot afford to have one, whether they chose to or not.
I'm not a fan of doctors asking gun-related questions if there is any kind of reporting of any of the answers.
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