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Re:Disabled woman denied entry to U.S. after agent cites pri... by ams6110 on Thursday November 28, 2013 @06:53PM (#6817166)
Not all that long ago newspapers published all hospital admissions and discharges.
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Re:Disabled woman denied entry to U.S. after agent cites pri... by outworlder on Thursday November 28, 2013 @08:27PM (#6817414)
Really?

What would that information possibly be useful for?

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Re:Disabled woman denied entry to U.S. after agent cites pri... by Amadou on Thursday November 28, 2013 @08:39PM (#6817434)
I don't know if newspapers were publishing it, but this story is not very comforting:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-05/states-hospital-dat...

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Re:Disabled woman denied entry to U.S. after agent cites pri... by PeterisP on Friday November 29, 2013 @12:17AM (#6817994)
I can imagine an usecase - if your relative or friend is unexplainably not found at home or office, so is effectively 'disappeared' from you - then in a pre-internet era you might not want to search all the hospitals in new york to check if (s)he's there.
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