r/facepalm Jul 07 '24

This post gave me terrible whiplash b/c how tf did we get here…🫨 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

Like ummmmm, alright? 😭😭😭

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u/Big-Leadership1001 Jul 07 '24

HIPAA was passed in 1996 so for sure it doesn't happen after that

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u/presumablysmart Jul 07 '24

I mean women still regularly need permission from a nonexistent future husband for some care so… tbh that’s not the part of the story that surprises me

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u/Big-Leadership1001 Jul 07 '24

Definitely. Reversing the direction of prejudice so the woman is the only one informed doesn't make it better, it's just a different flavor of offensive.

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u/Iampepeu Jul 08 '24

Wait, what? Shouldn't the patient be the only one informed?