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The Doctor Will See Your Credit Score Now
mytrip writes to mention that the same people who invented credit scores are working to create a similar system for hospitals and other health care providers. "The project, dubbed "MedFICO" in some early press reports, will aid hospitals in assessing a patient's ability to pay their medical bills. But privacy advocates are worried that the notorious errors that have caused frequent criticism of the credit system will also cause trouble with any attempt to create a health-related risk score. They also fear that a low score might impact the quality of the health care that patients receive."
I'd just like to point out that your examples of bad "socialist" governments have little relevance. The people in those examples have no power over who makes up the government. The US uses a relatively legit ballot to determine who takes office in many cases (for those with the greatest power), so it is fallacious to predict the US's performance with some socialist policies based on those examples.