One of the apps I wrote as an independent handled the GED application and scoring processes for the state of Illinois. It was there I learned social security numbers should never be used as a primary key. There are occasional cases of legitimate citizens not having SSNs or duplicate SSNs. By far the bigger problem is non-citizens making up numbers when they apply. Then they make up another one when they show up for the test.


>That is exactly what happens. That is why when you do have insurance and you go through ER it is so expensive. Once they know who you are and if you are a citizen, they really put out the effort to collect :o)
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>I know some illegal immigrants who use the ER as a regular doctors office and have never paid a dime. They always give someone else's name and address when they go. No one has EVER questioned it or asked for ID either which amazes me.
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>>>US ERs work the same way.
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>>>>In the UK, there's no questions asked at all; someone's injured, he goes to AED (accident & Emergency Dept). So what if he's got a Canadian accent - he probably works over here. So AFAIK if you were over here, even without medical travel ins., you'd get treated ... and WE'D foot the bill for you!
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>>What? You tax payers would foot the bill for me, and I wouldn't need that $3m travel insurance?