Medical ID Theft

" Health care and we're talking about all the different. Thanks to health care. What about when people steal your identity your medical identity. What happens to you about your credit rating what about your life that is such a good point -- in fact there's a guy who lives that are. How's. Movement has been working on -- that -- Similar to Peter Doocy and -- You don't like the pink -- today -- Q -- right did not even know that medical identity theft was an issue."

" It -- it's a huge issue and as he -- are talking about people -- the town halls people on the street on the Internet. Still debating health care but -- worries about what could go wrong down the line they shouldn't were you worried about how they might already be getting ripped off. Check this out."

" When Scott Bennett goes to the hospital he fears for the worse figure that probably treat me wrong person often and that probably arrest me. Scott is the victim of medical identity theft someone who has been using his personal information to get medical care hospitals for years thanks god gets the bills. He says it's happened at least 38 times and Las Vegas alone and there's been several weeks are spent thirty or forty hours or more. Either filling out paperwork making phone calls Scott's foot -- total 100000 dollars in medical bills he says our hits and an altered medical history. He's not alone medical identity theft affects about 250000. People each year and it could -- deadly."

" Someone could have corrupted your medical information and then you get in proper care from the health care provider because they think you -- the health condition. The identity -- had."

" The Federal Trade Commission is fighting medical identity that with a new set of regulations call the red flag rules. This means that doctor's offices and hospitals could soon start checking photo IDs. To be sure that their patients are who they say they are."

" It requires just reasonable steps again not perfection but reasonable steps to make sure that they are treating the right person. That they're giving care to the right person they're not billing the wrong person."

" The rules go into effect in November and there's a 3500 dollar fine for those who don't comply -- the American Medical Association thinks health care providers already have enough on their plate. Another pebble it's an additional room -- an additional hassle but woods have a have nothing to do and improving health care and therefore it's unnecessary. But for Scott Bennett the rules could mean he gets his medical identity back from the person who stole it. I feel sorry -- he needs medical attention. -- my understand that I just I just wish -- quit using my name. Yeah no kidding so -- since ZDF DC and the federal government might so that it doesn't happen anybody else might start requiring. ID before you get something done at the doctor's office."

" Right and all the experts we talked to said that there's really no quick -- with Scott the -- you just heard from -- had his -- identity stolen in 2002. That's the first treatment and they still have not caught the guy so the FTC finally coming in -- going to basically just -- what we just talked about that they're treating the right person on -- that's a mess and infants -- job. Thanks."