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Long Island Man Sues CVS for Blabbing to Wife About Viagra Prescription: Report
www.nbcnewyork.com ^ | Jun 5, 2018 | Staff

Posted on 06/06/2018 7:48:28 AM PDT by Red Badger

He is seeking unspecified damages for negligence

A Long Island man is suing CVS after a pharmacist allegedly blabbed about his use of an erectile-dysfunction drug to his wife.

The New York Post reports Michael Feinberg had a prescription for Viagra that he would pay for himself and worked for it not to go through his insurance.

When Feinberg’s wife called the pharmacy chain’s Merrick store to get word on one of her own prescriptions she had filed, the employee opened up about her husband’s secret, the Post reported, citing the lawsuit.

Feinberg claims the pharmacy chain violated his privacy under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Now that word has leaked to his wife, Feinberg told the Post that his marriage is breaking down.

He is seeking unspecified damages for negligence.

A spokesman for CVS told the Post the chain has “the highest priority on protecting the privacy of those we serve.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: hipaa; viagra
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To: Red Badger

Yeah, but the pharmacy committed a real boneheaded move. They might get the shaft. They should have used their head, because this is nuts.


41 posted on 06/06/2018 8:36:50 AM PDT by Lazamataz (What America needs is more Hogg control.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
If he had this on file the pharmacy is off the hook.

Very true. But if they don't, they'll be heck to pay and not just from the civil suit.
42 posted on 06/06/2018 8:37:06 AM PDT by chrisser
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To: Mr. K

“Another poster nailed it... Maybe he wasn’t using the Viagra with her.”

The only way she could know that, is if she wasn’t holding up her marital responsibilities.


43 posted on 06/06/2018 8:37:06 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: N. Theknow

Only for about three hours..................


44 posted on 06/06/2018 8:37:33 AM PDT by Red Badger (When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
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To: Red Badger
I’m sure the can come to an agreement......................

Nah, I think they're screwed.

45 posted on 06/06/2018 8:37:51 AM PDT by Lazamataz (What America needs is more Hogg control.)
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To: Red Badger

If I was into litigiousness I’d probably do it too, even if it wasn’t a secret. It’s a HIPAA violation, keep your mouth shut. We giggle about this in our household, the prescriptions service the wife uses leaves messages all the time, but they’re so incredibly vague even she has no idea what they’re talking about. She even filled out the form allowing detailed messages, but their autodialer doesn’t seem to have any non-vaguebook scripts.


46 posted on 06/06/2018 8:38:32 AM PDT by discostu (It's been so long, welcome back my friend, to the show, that never ends.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“If Feinberg would have simply told her about his ED in the first place, she hopefully would have understood and even encouraged the use of the viagra”

It’s almost refreshing to see that kind of Pollyanna innocence still living on in today’s world.
It’s like you can’t even imagine a psycho woman so immature that she cannot realize his ED is likely a physical issue, and not turn it into “if you loved me it would work right”, and “you don’t find me attractive”, or a million other psycho things.


47 posted on 06/06/2018 8:40:58 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Red Badger

Use a different pharmacy!


48 posted on 06/06/2018 8:41:20 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: AppyPappy

If he had only used that excuse.


49 posted on 06/06/2018 8:42:55 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Red Badger

The wife knows now. So does the girlfriend.


50 posted on 06/06/2018 8:51:29 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: Red Badger

Okay, I shouldn’t have laughed...


51 posted on 06/06/2018 8:54:44 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: Bonemaker

And we all know it takes a lot of money today to be involved in an erection!


52 posted on 06/06/2018 8:56:32 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: rlmorel

It’s okay. We won’t tell.............HIPAA riles..............


53 posted on 06/06/2018 8:56:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
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To: Red Badger
Erections have consequences......................

-PJ

54 posted on 06/06/2018 8:59:00 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: Alas Babylon!

iirc personal injury awards are not community property...unless the person comingles the money


55 posted on 06/06/2018 8:59:45 AM PDT by rolling_stone (Hang em high)
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To: trisham

When I went to that link, it played an ad...looked like the Dems are going a different route at Trump now.

“In the last election, I voted for Trump, and he said he was going to bring back the coal industry and it didn’t happen...it feels like the country is being run by, like, 12 people...If you want money out of politics...”

And so on.

(good dancing, though!)


56 posted on 06/06/2018 9:01:49 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: Red Badger

This reminds me of a lawsuit someone filed against the doctor who performed an implant surgery on him of the kind that gives new meaning to “pump it up”. The guy sued when the doctor started using the guy’s name in promotional information. Not only did he lose because he didn’t read the fine print that gave the doctor permission to use his name, it was a slow news day and the local rag ran a front page above the fold story on it, so everyone knows about his inflatable manhood.


57 posted on 06/06/2018 9:03:04 AM PDT by yawningotter
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To: rlmorel

They’re desperate to the point of insanity. I love tapdancing. :)


58 posted on 06/06/2018 9:05:17 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham

It takes real talent to do that, but seems like largely a lost thing.

Must be getting old...:)


59 posted on 06/06/2018 9:08:18 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: Red Badger

It’s actually a very clever, albeit unethical, scam if the husband and wife are working together.


60 posted on 06/06/2018 9:13:36 AM PDT by RealVirginia
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