Do you keep copies of your medical records?

[sinisterdevices]

If you do, how difficult a process do you have to go through to get them? How often do you update your copies?

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[realsoonnow.livejournal.com]

I've done it once or twice, when I've been moving while something is ongoing (say, I needed to follow up on some tests but not immediately). It's cost me about $20. My current GP offers it in his "all administrative things" package, which I didn't get. ($75/year, and it includes copies of records, school/work forms, and various other paperwork people want doctors to do). I'll probably do it if/when I change GPs, since I've had this guy for over a decade, and as far as I know, it just requires me to ask, and pay a bit of money, then pick them up the next week.

Personally, I just keep track of things on my own. But it's less important to cross every T since I don't have to apply for health insurance.

[icedrake.livejournal.com]

Do you recall if that $20 was for the entire file or if it was something akin to what nobodyhere mentions above at $1/page, and your file just happened to be about 20 pages long? I'm trying to get an idea of whether the $1 is a common rate or an anomalous datapoint.

[realsoonnow.livejournal.com]

I can't remember exactly, but it was less than $1/page. I think there was some magic formula with a minimum around $20, and a per page charge, and a maximum of maybe $50.

Like I said, my current GP has "copies of any records requested" as part of his $75/year plan.