Update: They found me - it was my own undoing - I picked up their call and in the spirit of aiding epidemiologists and statisticians (on whom I rely upon for my reporting) I succumbed. At long last the chase is over.

I’m going down the privacy/consumer data/digital surveillance rabbit hole. I am so peeeeeeved. All because I wanted the receipt sent to my email ONCE.

Mind you they share (possibly sell???) this data with ‘social networking and other third party platforms’ for marketing.

Remember - it costs the government less to punish family doctors than it is to reward them.

But it also costs more to society (and the government long term!) for people to be sick rather than well.

Instead of punishing doctors who are already strained (source: almost every reporting on family medicine in the last few decades), why not reward continuous and comprehensive care and make it more feasible! Improve compensation! Reduce paperwork! Expand physician-led team-based primary care!

Dinging family doctors is the stick in this supposed ‘carrot and stick’ strategy. One problem though, there’s a whole lot of stick and very little carrot! (3/)

Why does this happen? Mostly because the government wants to ensure patients are seeing only one primary care doctor - one doctor who knows you well, can help you with most of your medical issues, and if you need specialized help, can be your quarterback in the health system. (2/)