Posted on 12/02/2013 7:25:05 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Ellen Richardson went to Pearson airport on Monday full of joy about flying to New York City and from there going on a 10-day Caribbean cruise for which she’d paid about $6,000.
But a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent with the Department of Homeland Security killed that dream when he denied her entry.
“I was turned away, I was told, because I had a hospitalization in the summer of 2012 for clinical depression,’’ said Richardson, who is a paraplegic and set up her cruise in collaboration with a March of Dimes group of about 12 others.
The Weston woman was told by the U.S. agent she would have to get “medical clearance’’ and be examined by one of only three doctors in Toronto whose assessments are accepted by Homeland Security. She was given their names and told a call to her psychiatrist “would not suffice.’’
At the time, Richardson said, she was so shocked and devastated by what was going on, she wasn’t thinking about how U.S. authorities could access her supposedly private medical information.
“I was so aghast. I was saying, ‘I don’t understand this. What is the problem?’ I was so looking forward to getting away . . . I’d even brought a little string of Christmas lights I was going to string up in the cabin. . . . It’s not like I can just book again right away,’’ she said, referring to the time and planning that goes into taking a trip as a disabled person.
Richardson said she’d had no discussion whatsoever with the agent at the airport about her medical history or background.
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Under Obamacare, HIPAA is now null and void...except for people who actually work with patients...they will be fired for such violations.
Did you really think that the government wasn’t looking there too? The government has proven that it will do whatever it wants anytime it wants.
Do you think the ‘justice’ department will stop it?
She is a complete failure at trying to kill herself.
We wouldn’t have our current power grid if customs and immigration had their way and blocked Steinmetz from entry.
I can.
BTW, your doctor can't join the obamacair system.
He (or she) has to be invited to join.
The left has always loved to have untreated mental patients running loose on the street. It's why they emptied the asylums back in the day.
What did I ever do to you???
Good point...
but she could have booked that same cruise for a bunch of money less on her own...
cabins for disabled people dont cost more than regular cabins, there are elevators etc for wheelchairs..
So, to get this straight, homosexuals are not crazy, but previously depressed handicapped people are? Only in progressive America!
CBP got it because it was shared by the Canadians. I am guessing the info in the Canadian system says more than just clinical depression.
well, you made me smile today - 4 that, my gratitude )
What a cutie pie!
I have no idea who that kid is, but I’ve been using that image since I found it for cases were a simple thank you seems inadequate.
It is an absolutely perfect hat tip and ma’am rolled into one.
(And he is a cutie pie)...
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