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Hospitals are even worse. They would periodically call me with random information about appointments or prescriptions and whatnot and would always start off by asking me my birth date and PII to identify myself to them! They're the ones calling me!

I told them as much and after a few years they finally started sending me secure emails asking me to call them. Certainly I wouldn't trust "call back at..." messages claiming to be from a medical provider, even though they're indistinguishable from the real thing because that's the same thing the doctor's office does. It's bizarre considering how security conscious they have to be.



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