> Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, also known as HIPAA, a doctor may discuss a patient’s health status or treatment “if the patient agrees, or when given the opportunity, does not object.”
If true, this is pretty disgusting. In my country, you can only disclose medical information in two scenarios. To another healthcare practitioner who is taking over care of the patient (out of necessity), or if the patient agrees to the disclosure. They have to provide explicit consent, by default.
Also this T dot I dot guy seems like a pervert. Seems like the kind of thing a medical professional should be reporting to the appropriate authorities.