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RB TexLa

(17,003 posts)
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:22 PM Jan 2013

To the piece of shit on CNN concerned about if we are getting all of Hillary Clinton's


medical information or not. You have NO right to know any of another person's medical information. That has even been codified into law! It doesn't matter if it's Hillary Smith or Hillary Clinton.

She doesn't even have to provide personal medical information to her husband and child, yet you are concerned about what information you are getting.
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TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
1. She's not an elected official, so it's not the public's concern. She's
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:26 PM
Jan 2013

a cabinet appointment. If she can't serve, she has replacements. There is no "need to know" on the part of the public. She could quit tomorrow and not reveal why, and it's none of our business.

 

RB TexLa

(17,003 posts)
2. Wouldn't matter if she was an elected official
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:28 PM
Jan 2013

They still have the right to control their medical information.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
4. They don't need to give private details in that case, but they are directly accountable
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:32 PM
Jan 2013

to their constituency and if they are unable to serve, they should say why. There's a long history of Presidents, for example, who have had secret debilitating illnesses in office--did the public have a right to know, if others (possibly unelected) had to step in and run things or make decisions?

 

dballance

(5,756 posts)
5. The Fact is I Believe we ALREADY Know more Than We're Entitled to Know
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:35 PM
Jan 2013

We know she has a blood clot and where it is in her head. We know she's on blood thinners.

I think given the medical privacy laws (HIPPA) Clinton and her team have been generous with information.

Skittles

(153,138 posts)
15. it is HIPAA
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 01:24 AM
Jan 2013

and that is true: Hillary no doubt released more info because she knows a lot of us care

proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)
6. This is just code speak for 'Clintons lie'
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:40 PM
Jan 2013

The right wingnuts are all over the internet claiming we have no reason to trust Bill or Hilary because Bill lied 15 years ago. And Hilary lied about White Water. so you know, she's lying now too.

If necessary -

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
7. Plus her public life has ended when she stepped aside as SOS. She is a private citizen and we
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 01:08 PM
Jan 2013

have no rights to any information that the family does not want to give us. Some of these news commentators have no sense of decency.

cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
13. She is high in the line of Presidential succession.
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 03:39 PM
Jan 2013

Her health is not entirely outside the sphere of legitimate public interest.

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