The Doctor Will See Your Credit Score Now 464
mytrip writes to mention that the same people who invented credit scores are working to create a similar system for hospitals and other health care providers. "The project, dubbed "MedFICO" in some early press reports, will aid hospitals in assessing a patient's ability to pay their medical bills. But privacy advocates are worried that the notorious errors that have caused frequent criticism of the credit system will also cause trouble with any attempt to create a health-related risk score. They also fear that a low score might impact the quality of the health care that patients receive."
well, even in the light universe... (Score:4, Funny)
Xev: No.
Receptionist: A D-class standard waiver?
Xev: Sorry.
Receptionist: Any waivers of any kind?
Xev: No.
Receptionist: Then cash will be fine.
Xev: Pardon?
Receptionist: Precious metals or bankable equivalents.
Xev: We have no precious metals or bankable anything.
Receptionist: Then your situation becomes a class 1313.
Xev: What's that?
Receptionist: Ignored.
Xev: You can't do that.
Receptionist: I'm afraid I have no choice. Policy is policy.
Kai: We will pay you later.
Receptionist: I'm sorry, MEDSAT does not accept credit.
Xev: This is an emergency!
Receptionist: I understand. Please inform the next person to appear on the screen.
Xev: Hey, lady, watch! Lexx, blow up that little red moon we just passed.
tit for tat (Score:2, Funny)
We can see how many sponges got left in patients, etc. Just sounds fair to me.
Re:Fundamentally broken (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Hmm... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:My first response was that this had to be a jok (Score:2, Funny)
Medical One: "What's in your spleen?"