can the impeachment committee please, please pretty please, subpoena

[mopinko]

dr ronnie feelgood, and the full medical record of his one and only, heretofore annual, presidential physical?

then you can add utter unfitness for office, which was knowingly concealed, via a bribe of a higher government office, as the final article of impeachment.

thank you.

eta- bribery likely seasoned w a little extortion.

[calimary]

1. There is that, too.

Might be easier to figure out where this bastard DIDN’T cheat. Sure wouldn’t take long. I’m guessing any possible list wouldn’t be that long, either.

[bobGandolf]

2. Great idea!

I'm all for that.

[Sewa]

3. I wish they would subpoena the translators

All of the translators Trump has used at the same time. That would really scare the shit out of him.

[PJMcK]

4. Ever hear of HIPAA?

Medical information is private, even for a president.

[mopinko]

5. i know. i am super sensitive to that.

as a hospice volunteer, i am required to follow hippa, even tho i dont get paid.

but the president does not have the same expectation of privacy as you or i.
those fake medical records were delivered from the white house podium.
he lied about his height and weight, ferchrissakes.

and for anyone too dense to have known it at the time, his fake letter from his other fake dr has now been revealed as another hoax.

i think at least one of the counts should be for something that was as crazy as this scandal. one venal, stupid, fart in this hurricane, but which shows the same damn fact pattern that accompanies every fucking one of his actual high crimes.

[StarfishSaver]

11. A president does indeed have the same expectation of medical privacy as anyone else

HIPAA doesn't have a public figure exception.

[bobGandolf]

14. It should have an exception clause....

When a President clearly demonstrates symptoms of serious mental competency, saving the country takes precedence over his privacy IMO.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. And dismantling of free press

[AncientGeezer]

7. HIPPA apparently is gone....with your propasal based on a suspicion.

I don't care if you are a killer on death row......HIPPA applies.

[mopinko]

8. first of all, hippa doesnt prevent anyone from sharing info ever.

it requires certain consents which people routinely waive for insurance companies and others. a mandatory physical for a job is certainly legally different that a visit to my pcp.

plus there is the part where this is part of a fraud. that is not protected either.
and it is the second occurrence of the same fraud that he perpetrated to get the job.

[AncientGeezer]

9. You make my point.....consent

The orange dumpster will never waive his HIPPA protections....most patients that waive HIPPA do so so that 1 healthcare professional can share with another healthcare professional to better treat the patient..yes there are other waiver instances.....but they are as you rightly said.."consent" cases...like to get life insurance or a commercial class drivers license.

You call it a fraud, could be.....you can't prove that though. As I said you have a suspicion...HIPPA isn't waived on suspicion. EVER.
Rep. Schiff will NEVER subpoena the Doc.

"a mandatory physical for a job is certainly legally different that a visit to my pcp"...absolutely..BUT the potential employee can chose to not take the physical and forgo the job...or if it's a requirement for keeping the job..quit. HIPPA isn't waived.

A job isn't a right....employment has responsibilities...don't be a threat of stroking out on the job, don't be a crack addict running heavy equipment, don't be a drunk running a CNC machine...

[mopinko]

12. if you were a drunk running the country, should the white house physician tell?

sorry, he swore an oath about all dangers foreign and domestic.
i'm not saying it's a slam dunk, but i am saying it should be known.
we know for a fact that lies were told from the white house podium.

that isn's a right, either.

[AncientGeezer]

13. "..if you were a drunk running the country, should the white house physician tell?"

No......could an ex-spouse tell, a close family friend tell, a pissed off ex employee tell...sure. Not HIPPA covered.
HIPPA covers a P.A./patient in a clinic down the road as much as it covers a POTUS/WH Dr......be it he dumpster or President Obama

Game this out......Sen. Warren thrashes the dumpster next yr and 2 months after she takes the Oath of Office....been examined by the WH Dr. ...and he/she says...POTUS is unfit because she has a video of getting a beer out of the fridge and asking her husband if he wants 1...alcoholism red flag....is that reason to ignore HIPPA?

HIPPA serves a purpose greater than politics.....

[DavidDvorkin]

10. If they do, he'll ignore the subpoena

We now know that anyone can do that.