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1 total messages Started by capek Fri, 08 Jan 1993 04:36

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Author: capek
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 04:36

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John Levine writes in Vol 2 #1:

>                                                     the hospital  have
>absolutely no use for  my SSN  since neither they nor my insurance
>company use it to identify me.
>
>Getting an SSN for a child involves the parent filling out and signing a
>form and sending it to the SSA.  What's the hospital going to do if you
>refuse to fill it out, keep the baby?  Remember, you're the customer.

I wonder how long it will be that hospitals don't  want to  use the SSN as an
identifier.  My employer recently switched from using employee numbers (no
relation to SSN, or anything else) to SSN's for health insurance processing.

Also, I'm quite sure that the Social Security Administration now requires a
copy of a birth certificate before issuing a new SSN for a baby.

   Peter Capek

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