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Marjorie Taylor Greene Goes to E.R. for Broken “HIPPA” Violation
ROME, Ga. — The controversial representative of Georgia’s 14th congressional district checked into a local hospital complaining of a broken “HIPPA” violation after a run-in with an intrusive reporter, frustrated sources at the scene confirmed.
“All I wanted to do was inform them that I was losing all my freedoms, but they kept asking me all of these personal, medical questions,” huffed Green. “What body part hurts? Do you have hepatitis? When did you last come in contact with a Jewish space laser? I told them exactly what was wrong. MY HIPPA RIGHTS ARE BROKEN NO MATTER WHERE I GO. No one needs to know my vaccination status or anything else for the matter.”
“HIPAA,” which is the correct form of “HIPPA” that Green keeps referring to, stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. According to the HIPAA Journal, “The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was created primarily to modernize the flow of healthcare information, stipulate how personally identifiable information maintained by the healthcare and healthcare insurance industries should be protected from fraud and theft, and address limitations on healthcare insurance coverage.”
To no one’s surprise, Green has continually misinterpreted the statute along with its name. A reporter asking…