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OT: SSNs - Was RE: Schema fragments for everyday stuff

• To: "Jonathan Borden" <jonathan@o...>, "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...>
• Subject: OT: SSNs - Was RE: Schema fragments for everyday stuff
• From: "Hunsberger, Peter" <Peter.Hunsberger@s...>
• Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:33:11 -0600
• Cc: "XML Dev" <xml-dev@l...>
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• Thread-topic: OT: SSNs - Was RE: Schema fragments for everyday stuff

Jonathan Borden <jonathan@o...> writes:
 
> 1) SSNs are *reused*, ostensibly when people die, but nonetheless.
> 2) Illegal immigrants often "borrow" a SSN from a relative. Not great 
> when they don't also share the same medical conditions, allergies, 
> medications etc.

One of the hospital administrators I worked with told the tale of a
family that "passed" the same SSN down through 3 generations of the same
family name.  A case of "if it was good enough for your pappa it's good
enough for you" I guess...

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