"That is against my HIPAA law!"

[edbermac]

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[dchill]

1. Call the gazpacho police! Ow! My HIPAA Law!

[GoneOffShore]

13. And if they can't make it, send in the Luftwaffle.

[dchill]

18. I see nothing!

[GoneOffShore]

24. Watch out for the blintzkrieg.

[tblue37]

2. Deafie here. What are they arguing about?

[Liberal In Texas]

4. Apparently she's trying to rent a "yacht" from a place that

doesn't rent yachts!

[MissB]

7. And the Karen asked for the manager

So the person behind the counter ducked down then popped back up and asked what she could help her with.

[tblue37]

10. Was it the Karen who wailed about her HIPAA Law?

[MissB]

11. Yes

And she was frustrated that she couldn’t rent a yacht.

[gratuitous]

23. Sadly for our deaf members

It's not possible to capture the whiny nature of the voice of the woman who's flipping out. But yeah, it's whiny.

[CentralMass]

16. I think there is a way to turn on caption in twitter.

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[Hekate]

17. They are apparently in a yacht harbor, & "Karen" wants to rent one. Sadly, they are privately owned

And this unpleasant woman is completely unclear on the concept, seeing as how she knows her rights, or something like that.

Then, as she gets ready to leave in a huff, she realizes she is being filmed. Horrible! That, she yells, is “against my HIPAA Law!”

I’d say she’s a few fries short of a Happy Meal.

[dchill]

19. Hell, give her a HIPAA Meal! Better make it two!

[Liberal In Texas]

3. What an ugly woman.

Another one with several screws missing.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

5. Karens dont

Like seeing their ugly selves,stupid arguments and narcissistic aggressive and childish behavior they did. They want to hide it. Like any other abusive loser. But nope. Act like and asshole in public ,you are an asshole that will be shared with the public.

[dchill]

20. If they really want to hide it, they should hide it.

[MissB]

6. It's the ducking behind the counter for me

Thanks, I needed that today.

[dutch777]

8. Tragic that HIPAA only protects medical confidentiality. Of course, she could be mentally ill and

may have a case that Rudy Guiliani would take. I love that gal ducking down behind the counter and coming back up....priceless!

[I_UndergroundPanther]

21. She is not mentally ill

Shes a fucking narcissist.

[MineralMan]

9. I loved her ducking "manager" thing the most.

Karen didn't care for it, apparently.

[ARPad95]

14. She certainly didn't. Hence, the "green bay sweep" of the brochures off the counter. LOL

Poor, poor wittle woman-child having a hissy fit.

[progressoid]

12. Oh that's priceless.

She probably wanted a yacht for $89.00 too.

[2naSalit]

26. For the week!

I have no doubt she's from some interior location.

[BComplex]

15. These people are seriously messed up.

They are all fucking crazy as hell with a major mean streak.

[2naSalit]

27. They truly believe...

Their money gives them license to be total fuckwads with impunity.

[Torchlight]

22. Certain demographics seem so very easily triggered these days

Employee is my Official Hero of the Day for her wits in the face of idiocy.

[Caliman73]

25. The cynic in me says...

That is so bad that it has to be staged. I know that people are certainly capable of that level of both, idiocy on the part of the "customer" and the comedic brilliance of the manager/employee. It just seems to good to be true.

[LiberalFighter]

28. She made it her own law? Didn't know people could enact their own law.

[ironflange]

29. I had to look up HIPAA

WTF does this have to do with health insurance privacy?

[hippywife]

30. This looks like

it was play acting, a put on. They're to stiff and are obviously just delivery lines.

[alphafemale]

31. Brat thinks she can walk in and "rent" a yacht?

Like a paddle boat on a pond next to the putt putt and go-cart track?

Even if you could rent a yacht for a day it would probably be several thousand dollars.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. For this thread

MTG is an idiot who does not know what HIPPA applies to

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Greene either truly does not understand what HIPAA covers (not this) or she is simply openly lying about the applicability of a federal law because she doesn’t want to say whether or not she is vaccinated.

That's understandable to a degree; it could hurt her street credibility as a leading anti-vaccine activist if she herself did receive the potentially life-saving inoculation.

While Greene may or may not have a legitimate misunderstanding about what type of information is covered under HIPAA, many others certainly do, which is why it’s important for us to break down the basics here.

HIPAA is a 1996 law designed, in part, to protect our privacy regarding some of our health-related information. HIPAA generally acts to prevent “health plans, health care clearinghouses” and other “health care providers” from revealing our medical information. If that sounds like a relatively narrow prohibition, that is because it is.

In terms of the problems with Greene’s response to a reporter, the reporter is not a health care provider or a member of any group covered by HIPAA. Journalists can ask about health-related information; if they were prohibited from asking such questions, it could be a violation of their First Amendment rights.

You know who else isn’t a health plan, health care clearinghouse or health care provider? Your employer. Employers get to ask their employees or prospective employees plenty of information about their health. That is why truck drivers’ employers can request information about their eyesight or require them to take a vision test, and that is why police departments can ask applicants to take physical fitness tests.