I am an MD --- the. other comments are correct: never leave your child alone unless very unusual circumstance & you know & trust your physician completely. Jim

Yes! Last year during both of my kids' yearly exams, they were asked if there were guns in the house. My kids were shocked, but knew it was NONE of their business. They answered unequivocally "NO". I posted this almost a year ago, and said because of the Feds invasion into our healthcare, and the involvement of the IRS, it's actually an insidious way to have gun registration. Don't think the government won't see these "private" records.

This happened with a 9-year old patient. It really creeps me out - gives me chills.

When my daughter was in highschool, she had to have a physical exam to be able to participate in school sports. Since she was spending the day with her grandmother on the day of her exam appointment, her grandmother offered to take her to the pediatrician. I picked her up from her Grandma's house that evening, and as we rode home, she said that the doctor had asked her if there were guns in the house. A asked her what her answer was and she told the truth; "yes". I assured her that she was not in any trouble for being truthful. However!! The next day I calmly walked into the doctor's office and told them that my daughter was not sure if she had answered all of the "Have you had this disease", or "have you had that shot etc." questions correctly, and asked to see the sheest that were filled out so that I could be sure that her medical records were filled out correctly. They handed me one sheet that had all of the medical questions but nothing about gun in the home. I asked if there was another sheet, and they produce it. Sure enough, there was the question "Are there any guns in your home?" I called the secretary back over to the window and as she watched, I folded up the sheet and put it in my hip pocket and told she would not get it back, and I walk out. They were not happy, but then, neither was I. Think about it, this local pediatrician office has records of hundreds of people in our community that own guns.

As a teacher I have often been surprised at the topics that came up in the curriculum, the questions I was told were part of that curriculum.
As a mandated report (I have to report suspected child abuse or I can go to jail) I understand a doctor having to ask if they suspect something - I would brave hellfire and brimstone rather than let the chance to ask that child that question out of earshot of the parent IF I had reason for suspicion.
But to just ask as routine questioning? That is a parent's right, NOT mine, not a doctors, just on the basis of simple ethics.

I do not fear this government. Fear blinds you.
If I see this behavior I will do everything I can legally and ethically to speak up. Do the same. This is only the beginning if you let this go.

yes. now under O care-here are the questions your child is asked and 15 is the age they can ask you to leave the room. If your child is under 15-do Not leave the room. If your child is 15, change doctors if they ask you to leave.
parents touching you inappropriately, have you had homosexual thoughts or acts, are there guns in the home, what drugs are in the house, what prescriptions do your parents take....etc. the list is long and intrusive. My sister-in-law is a primary care physician

I've never heard of this, although my kids are 3 and 5. They've never asked me to leave. I would confront the doc about it and use a different doc.

These are all typical required questions now that we have entered into the era of Government healthcare. As someone else mentioned there is a financial incentive for Physicians etc. to comply with "Meaningful Use" requirements of the new electronic health records system. Believe me most want nothing to do with this line of questioning but if they do not as then they will not comply with "Meaningful Use" and they will be penalized at minimum 2% on all of their payments by CMS in 2016 and beyond and the penalty goes up latter. Physicians by and large have been vocal about this for the past 5 years but the complaints seemed to fall on deaf ears. Now hopefully the anger from the public will reach critical mass SOON and everyone will start to demand change. This is only the beginning as there are many more of these regulations being released on a schedule over the next 2-3 years. I am one of those Physicians and I am sick and tire of it.

There is a financial incentive for medical providers and, especially school nurses and "social workers" to create these issues at the slightest pretense, real or not. Some of them truly believe that your child will be better off being raised by the Village and see this as their moral mission. The fact that it pays financially is always a bonus... From the viewpoint of the government, your children's wellbeing is irrelevant; what is relevant is the fact that neighbor spies on neighbor, thus making everyone afraid. When people are afraid, they are easier to rule. Nothing new here; tyrannical regimes have been using this method for centuries. Again, Obama is not being unprecedented.
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what happens if you refuse to answer?

Can someone explain what PPACA has to do with this? If I give someone money to do a job, how does PPACA make them do it differently? I'm not saying it doesn't, but I don't care why people keep mentioning it. I can't imagine PPACA is going to make my doctor behave differently. We work hard to get those C-notes, and we expect our venders and service providers to do the same. I don't even see where PPACA comes into it.

We heard about this when Obamacare first passed and someone read the whole thing. We have custody of our grandson but he's only 6 and we won't leave him alone in the room at the doctor's.

This Doctor needs to have his ass kicked. This father needs to get a family doctor.

I believe it's AB1209 here in California that recently passed and was signed by the governor. It allows schools to administer medical treatment to children without parental consent or knowledge once a child turns 12.

The left is so fascinated with children it creeps me out. They are starting to build medical clinics on school grounds now. I know this because some of my engineering work has exposed me to that new market. I'm talking real medical facilities, not just plain commercial construction (there's a difference).

This is Obamacare a work...

I am flabbergasted that the father would agree to leave his child in the room alone with the doctor. The doctor would have to give me some very good reasons before I would allow it and I can't imagine what those reasons would be.

As for a dr asking me directly about gun ownership, I would have answered my previous Dr but I don't know my current one well enough. Again, I would ask why he wanted to know and most likely end up telling him it was none of his business.

Outrageous! Answer: None of your damn business! If the doctor suspects abuse and sees evidence then he may have an obligation to inquire and if necessary report it. Otherwise, the inquiry itself is suspect...

They need something to feed their government watchers. And the Government knows, that as a "person of authority", your children have been conditined (by the school indoctrination program) to answer and obey the Doctor Person of Authority so said doc can report it to their Federal handlers.

And if you still thought somehow you did not live in Orwell's Oceania, it may be time to pull your head out of the sand.

Likely - the doctor's medical license (and ability to prescribe medications) is dependent on this backdoor attempt at information gathering and pre-confiscation gun location.

Let me guess, the first kids questioned are the kids who aren't vaccinated?

What guarantees do we have that the doctors asking the questions aren't perverts themselves?

what a sad situation we are experiencing in our country. it is appalling. I would have put it to the doctor what brought this about and who gave him the right to ask such a question. then I would publish his name and the incident all over the community.

This sounds like a holdover from the era of "repressed memories" and "child abuse rings" that existed only in the minds of social workers and similar entities. The idea still has a fair number of followers. Some years ago, I encountered a psychiatrist whose patients would arrive for a medication refill and, a short time later, emerge from the office in the company of the doctor, who was having them admitted to the hospital as they were spouting all sorts of nonsense. The patients in question invariably appeared dazed, almost as if in a trance. More than one spoke at one time or another of how their family were satanists or some such rubbish (this was in Duluth, Minnesota--I think people would notice large-scale cult activity!)

After I gave a ride to one of his patients and watched him do this to her. I grabbed her by the shoulder and asked to speak with her and the doctor privately. And I told him exactly what I thought of what he was doing. He launched into some bizarre quasi-Christian material and asked if I was "clean". When that didn't work he began peddling doubletalk by the slice.

At some point, the patient "woke up". She said she wanted to go home and after some discussion, the doctor agreed. Unfortunately, she eventually went back to him, and as you may guess, never "improved". The doctor moved to Ohio not long after--I doubt that was my doing but I also doubt I was the only person who noticed.

Mind, all those hospitalizations for "victims of satanists" were undoubtedly great money makers. You might want to see if that pediatrician has some connection to a therapist or social worker who specializes in "sexual abuse". And I'd recommend a different pediatrician.