Taking medicine out of country?

[Nonny]

"Jean O'Boyle" <j.oboyle@removefudged.**************> wrote in
message news:5ZQ3m.4219$Rb6.3606@flpi147.ffdc.sbc.com...
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> "Nonny" <somebody@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:5bQ3m.15551$iU7.11245@newsfe01.iad...
>> We belong to one of the best HMO's imaginable. One of the
>> things they do is provide each member with a mini CD containing
>> all the health records, including prescriptions and a direct
>> link to the HMO's attended website. In the event of a problem
>> or emergency, any CD reader can read the health record, see
>> prescribing information, test results, appointments, diagnosis
>> and even the reports by specialists. By clicking on a link,
>> the ER physician can also go direct to the HMO's attended
>> website for more information, including permission to admit,
>> transport etc.
>>
>> It doesn't replace carrying manual information on prescription
>> meds, but it sure helps.
>
> Sounds like the HMO that we belong to, Nonny...All my medical
> records are on a bracelet that I keep in my purse and all of
> Ed's are on a key chain. What amazes me is that they are
> automatically updated when something is added from a doctor's
> visit.
>
> --Jean
>
Wow, the CD itself is not updated, but we can replace it when we
request. However, our medical records on the HMO's computer
system are updated each visit and the CD includes the link to the
HMO's staffed website, where the information is available. The
user merely selects to use the data on the CD or the updated data
from the HMO. Either way, it's darned good and a wonderful
application of technology to help people.

--
Nonny

.. . . on a darned diet
and ready to chew off
my own elbows.

[JCarnaghie]

Nonny wrote:
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> "Jean O'Boyle" <j.oboyle@removefudged.**************> wrote in message
> news:5ZQ3m.4219$Rb6.3606@flpi147.ffdc.sbc.com...
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>>
>> "Nonny" <somebody@cox.net> wrote in message
>> news:5bQ3m.15551$iU7.11245@newsfe01.iad...
>>
>>> We belong to one of the best HMO's imaginable. One of the things
>>> they do is provide each member with a mini CD containing all the
>>> health records, including prescriptions and a direct link to the
>>> HMO's attended website. In the event of a problem or emergency, any
>>> CD reader can read the health record, see prescribing information,
>>> test results, appointments, diagnosis and even the reports by
>>> specialists. By clicking on a link, the ER physician can also go
>>> direct to the HMO's attended website for more information, including
>>> permission to admit, transport etc.
>>>
>>> It doesn't replace carrying manual information on prescription meds,
>>> but it sure helps.
>>
>>
>> Sounds like the HMO that we belong to, Nonny...All my medical records
>> are on a bracelet that I keep in my purse and all of Ed's are on a key
>> chain. What amazes me is that they are automatically updated when
>> something is added from a doctor's visit.
>>
>> --Jean
>>
> Wow, the CD itself is not updated, but we can replace it when we
> request. However, our medical records on the HMO's computer system are
> updated each visit and the CD includes the link to the HMO's staffed
> website, where the information is available. The user merely selects to
> use the data on the CD or the updated data from the HMO. Either way,
> it's darned good and a wonderful application of technology to help people.
>
Dear Nonny,
What is the name of your HMO? Please reply
either in the newsgroup or directly.
Cheers,
John in LALALand (On the Left Coast)

[Bill]

On 7/5/2009 8:58 PM, Marsha wrote:
> Nonny wrote:
>> Yes, yes yes. It's no different than when the sales clerk at Lowe's
>> asks me for an ID when I use the CC to charge a $3 bag of screws. I
>> want to tell them that a gray haired guy like me isn't going to use a
>> stolen CC for something like that, but I understand that they're just
>> doing what they're told. Mrs. Nonny is always searched on her scooter
>> at the airport, and we understand why.
>
> I believe it's illegal to ask for ID when you use a CC, if the charge
> has already been approved. I refused to show ID at Circuit City once and
> they backed down, saying it was only for my protection. As a consumer,
> it's my responsibility to keep track of my CC, not the store.
>
> Marsha

Was your card signed? If it isn't, I think they are allowed to
ask for id.

Bill

[Marsha]

Bill wrote:
> On 7/5/2009 8:58 PM, Marsha wrote:
>> Nonny wrote:
>>> Yes, yes yes. It's no different than when the sales clerk at Lowe's
>>> asks me for an ID when I use the CC to charge a $3 bag of screws. I
>>> want to tell them that a gray haired guy like me isn't going to use a
>>> stolen CC for something like that, but I understand that they're just
>>> doing what they're told. Mrs. Nonny is always searched on her scooter
>>> at the airport, and we understand why.
>>
>> I believe it's illegal to ask for ID when you use a CC, if the charge
>> has already been approved. I refused to show ID at Circuit City once and
>> they backed down, saying it was only for my protection. As a consumer,
>> it's my responsibility to keep track of my CC, not the store.
>>
>> Marsha
>
> Was your card signed? If it isn't, I think they are allowed to ask for id.
>
> Bill

My credit card was signed. The back of every CC I've seen says invalid
if not signed. That, to me, would give a company pause to ask for ID.
But since mine was signed, they have no right, especially if the card
has been run through their machine and approved.

Marsha

[Nonny]

"Marsha" <mas@xeb.net> wrote in message
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> Nonny wrote:
>> Yes, yes yes. It's no different than when the sales clerk at
>> Lowe's asks me for an ID when I use the CC to charge a $3 bag
>> of screws. I want to tell them that a gray haired guy like me
>> isn't going to use a stolen CC for something like that, but I
>> understand that they're just doing what they're told. Mrs.
>> Nonny is always searched on her scooter at the airport, and we
>> understand why.
>
> I believe it's illegal to ask for ID when you use a CC, if the
> charge has already been approved. I refused to show ID at
> Circuit City once and they backed down, saying it was only for
> my protection. As a consumer, it's my responsibility to keep
> track of my CC, not the store.
>
> Marsha
>

With me, it's no big deal. I have my wallet in hand, since I got
the card out, and the ID is in a holder making it visible when I
open the wallet. If it lets them actually get 'curious' with the
creeps, that's OK with me to help them get out of a profiling
complaint.

--
Nonny

.. . . on a darned diet
and ready to chew off
my own elbows.

[Marsha]

Ray ********** wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:52:08 -0400, Marsha <mas@xeb.net> wrote:
>
>> Visa/Mastercard policy is that if the card is signed, the merchant is
>> not to ask for ID. I can't speak for other cards.
>
> Hi Marsha,
>
> As I said earlier there is no law in most, if not all states
> forbidding the merchant from asking for the ID. Different bank card
> issuers can make their own "policies".
>
> Best regards,
> Ray

Per the merchant/CC agreement, the merchant is not to ask for ID if the
CC is signed. There is no law, per se, against a merchant asking for
ID, but if you refuse to provide it, that cannot be used by the merchant
to refuse the sale.

Marsha

[Bill]

On 7/5/2009 11:06 PM, Marsha wrote:

> Per the merchant/CC agreement, the merchant is not to ask for ID if the
> CC is signed. There is no law, per se, against a merchant asking for ID,
> but if you refuse to provide it, that cannot be used by the merchant to
> refuse the sale.
>
> Marsha

The same agreement that says they're not allowed to have minimum
purchase amounts when using their card, and which they routinely
ignore complaints about?

Bill

[Marsha]

Bill wrote:
> On 7/5/2009 11:06 PM, Marsha wrote:
>
>> Per the merchant/CC agreement, the merchant is not to ask for ID if the
>> CC is signed. There is no law, per se, against a merchant asking for ID,
>> but if you refuse to provide it, that cannot be used by the merchant to
>> refuse the sale.
>>
>> Marsha
>
> The same agreement that says they're not allowed to have minimum
> purchase amounts when using their card, and which they routinely ignore
> complaints about?
>
> Bill

The 3 or 4 places that I have challenged about their minimum purchase
requirement have backed down.

Marsha

[Jack Hamilton]

On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:22:07 -0400, Sue Mullen <kjmullen@************>
wrote:

>
>
>Jack Hamilton wrote:
>
>> How does having the pills in original bottles prove they're not
>> oxycontin? You could have taken out the old pills and put in new
>> ones.
>>
>> If the inspector can identify pills by sight, they don't need to be in
>> original bottles, and if s/he can't, it doesn't matter if they're in
>> the "original" bottles.
>
>Recently I have seen a description of the pills on the label when I get
>a prescription filled. This way I guess they can read the label and look
>at the pills to see that they match the description.

I've seen "pill" and "capsule", but not descriptions of colors and
patterns. Perhaps it depends on the pharmacy's computer system.
Generics vary with every manufacturer, and would be hard to keep track
of automatically.