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		nomercy400 on July 4, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Patient details of 'any Australian' for sale on da... Advertising? "Buy medicine X now because it's much better than medicine Y for your condition". Also, insurance companies like to know what you have. If they secretly have your personal healthcare data, they could do a more focused 'sampling'.

glastra on July 4, 2017 [–]

I don't think medical data, other than information that is actually directly printed on a card, is obtained or sold.

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