When I think of healthcare, I think of many different things: getting better from a cold or flu, receiving reassurance that I have no serious ailments, or possibly getting relief from allergies. I also think about cost, as a family of four will have numerous uncovered expenses. What I don’t want to know or fear is that my personal information (or that of my family) is not protected to the best extent possible.

However, what I want is not what I always get. My health information was or could have been comprised three times since the records of my providers were breached. Of course, there were the assurances that every step possible was taken to remediate the situation and so far, there has been no noticeable misuse of my data. However, the operative part of that sentence is “so far.”  It is possible that false claims, unauthorized credit, false tax returns, or unauthorized purchases under my name will occur. Then the real fun begins!

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