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Re:My Doctor's Office Asked Me To Lie by joezydeco on Friday May 11, 2012 @09:45AM (#3959134)
I'm inclined to believe this is a outlier to what normally happens and we're getting outraged over a mistake.

Every time I've visited my hospital for something, the privacy policy was printed on a small brochure and handed to me along with the signature form.

Re:My Doctor's Office Asked Me To Lie by ceol on Friday May 11, 2012 @10:16AM (#3959268)
Same. I've been to multiple doctors, and each time, the "privacy policy" (either a HIPAA form or something similar) was included on the paper I was signing.

That's not to say Stallman's experience did not happen, but it is certainly not the norm.

Re:My Doctor's Office Asked Me To Lie by redslazer on Friday May 11, 2012 @10:21AM (#3959289)
That small brochure was only a subset of their privacy policy. The actual policy could not possible fit onto a brochure and as the OP said the form he was signing had a summary of the policy which is similar to your brochure.
Re:My Doctor's Office Asked Me To Lie by wtvanhest on Friday May 11, 2012 @10:18AM (#3959272)
Agreed, the story doesn't make sense and seems false.