Every US citizen knows that Federal laws are for our own good.
First, there was whining about Canada drugs. Now it's about privacy laws.Silly woman thinks exception should be made for her. Heck, a hole in the dike could lead to a flood.
She says,
The hospital said I owed $17,000, but could not inform of any connection between the patient and me because of Privacy Laws.Myhusband had just run off, I owe bills, and now I have to come up with $17,000.GOP to rescue:
You ought to be in prison doing hard time. All you care about is yourself. What about everyone else who respects our laws. Granted, the victim in hospital died due to hit-and-run, and he was your husband, and he couldn't give consent, because he was dead, but that's no excuse to disrespect the santity of our laws.
Hospital thanks GOP for rescue from deadbeat.
Finer Points of Privacy Law Patient privacy regulations (under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) were recently blamed for hospitals' placing
restrictions on ward visits by Santa Claus (in Davenport, Iowa, December) and by
clergy members (in Morgantown, W.Va., January), unless all patients give
permission.
And a Silver Spring, Md., woman was billed $17,000 by Washington (D.C.) Hospital Center before the hospital was allowed to tell her who the patient was, because of federal privacy laws. (The patient was her missing-person husband, who had been killed by a hit-and-run driver, news the police were late in giving her.)
And privacy laws recently prevented the public school system in Nashville, Tenn. (and undoubtedly other cities), from having an "honor roll," unless all parents consented (even parents of mediocre students, who would be publicly revealed as non-honor roll). [Moline Dispatch]
