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Are my prescriptions private?

No.

All 51,000+ pharmacies in the United States are wired for data mining. You cannot keep your prescriptions private, even if you pay cash. Selling prescription records is a multi-billion dollar a year industry: In 2006 one company reported revenues of $2 Billion for selling prescription records (that’s just one company!).