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Find Out What Your Health Insurer Is Saying About You

Here’s something I didn’t know. This helpful tip comes from my colleague Terry Berger:

Health insurance companies report information they have on your to a central repository, just like credit companies do. The repository is called the Medical Information Bureau. Wanna see what your health insurance company knows about you?

To obtain a free copy of the information MIB has on you, call 866-692-6901 during normal business hours. For more information, see MIB’s website at www.mib.com/html/request_your_record.html.

MIB will disclose to you:

1. The nature and substance of information, if any, that MIB may have in its files pertaining to you;
2. The name(s) of the MIB member companies, if any, that reported information to MIB; and,
3. The name(s) of the MIB member companies, if any, that received a copy of your MIB record during the twelve (12) month period preceding your request for disclosure.

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