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Cohen said Forrester was examined twice on the evening of the 16th, but privacy laws bar her from discussing any treatment he may have received or even what times he arrived at the emergency room and when he was released.

How convenient!

I like how the Health Privacy act does more to impede exchange of important information where it favors the patient, BUT gives them no rights when it works against the patient.

It's a great way to silence any investigation, research of effectiveness of medicine or treatment.

That's what happens when you have life insurance but not health insurance.

Maybe one of the forms he signed made the hospital the beneficiary.

Ceffer says

That's what happens when you have life insurance but not health insurance.

People with health insurance can fare even worse, being killed more slowly and expensively:

How American Healthcare Killed My Father

Where I used to live, a nearby hospital left a coronary patient on a gurney in a hallway until he died. He not only had insurance, he was actually a board member of the hospital where he died.

CaptainShuddup says

I like how the Health Privacy act does more to impede exchange of important information where it favors the patient, BUT gives them no rights when it works against the patient.

Nah, not a big deal. The hospital just doesn't want to violate patient privacy as they figure out how large of a check to write to the family.