Posted on 12/16/2003 11:51:59 AM PST by mcg1969
Embattled radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh is asking a Palm Beach County, Florida, court to keep his medical records sealed from prosecutors investigating whether he illegally purchased prescription painkillers.
The records were seized from two of his doctors' offices last month. The search warrants itemizing what was seized was filed in court December 4.
Two more search warrants were obtained but not executed, two law enforcement sources said.
Limbaugh's move came as prosecutors were getting ready to file a motion of their own to examine the records, as required by Florida law, prosecutors said.
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I don't care if they get released or not, but Rush is learning a bit about the real world outside his limosene...
Let's even go one step further. Say I'm working for you. You've found some descrepancies and ask me to bring to you all the information related to problem you want to explore. I go to an attorney and try to make certain things not available to you pertenent to your investigation. Have I co-operated fully with you?
I know there is a difference between private and public legal matters when it comes to self incrimination.
Remember when the Clinton adminstration didn't work with certain agencies when certain files or evidence was requested. Did we all claim full co-operation? They exercised their rights to have that evidence or files reviewed for legality of the request. No one here claimed they co-operated by that action. Rush is doing the same thing.
This is what is called rationalizing your behavior. Its common among addicts because they can never be responsible for there own actions.
The strict laws are the only reason Rush is clean right now.
He abused controlled drugs. How does one go about such behavior without breaking a law ?
Nothing in my medical records to worry about. I'm not doctor shopping for narcotic pain pills. I'm also aware that if I were it wouldn't be protected information.
Rush has been back on his game of late, but he was not totally honest about his problem. Afterall, he didn't fess up until he was exposed. But, I'm rooting for him. We need him at his best. BTW, did you get a chance to hear or read his words on that horrible Supreme Court decision on Free Speech and Campaign Finance last week? He was never better!
What was the physical problem that disqualified Rush Limbaugh from the draft? Limbaugh biographer Paul D. Colford notes that: As for Limbaugh himself, the broadcaster stated that he was not drafted during the Vietnam War because he had been classified 4-F after a physical found that he had an "inoperable pilonidal cyst".
(Technically, Limbaugh's classification during his primary year of draft eligibility was 1-Y, not 4-F; he was only reclassified as 4-F after the 1-Y classification was abolished on 10 December 1971.)
I know about these pilonidal cysts, because I had one back around 1974. They're no fun!
I wonder if I would be guilty of "Dr shopping."
I was having some problems with my right foot... Pain and swelling. An orthopedist that I had seen had examined me, and not really given me a diagnosis, but he said if the pain and swelling didn't go away in a week, to come back, and he'd run some more tests, and give me a "better" exam. He told me to take some darvocet for the pain. I already had a RX for it, but he gave me a refil. 4 days later, the pain increased, and I could no longer wear a shoe. I should probably include the fact that I've got permanant nerve damage in my right leg, and I can stub my toe really hard and barely notice. I have practicly NO feeling at all in my right foot (due to a back injury). The Dr was aware of this. My aunt insisted that I go to the emergency room, and they saw my foot and gave me an X-Ray. 20 minutes later, the er doctor came in and asked me when I had rebroken the bones in my foot! HUH?!?!?!?! It turns out that I had broken all 5 metatrarsal bones in my foot, 4 of which had been previously broken and healed over. He was amazed that I was able to walk, until I told him about the nerve damage. He perscribed hydrocodone for the pain, and one of those "flat shoes" and crutches, and off the record, suggested I find another orthopedist.
I did find a podiatrist for my foot, and did get another orthopedist, since this one had also missed my back problems in the first place, and once it had been diagnosed by my GP and a neurosurgeon, HE wanted to operate on my back! Yeah, right!!! I went to the neurosurgeon.
One other thing... When I went to the orthopedist to confront him about my foot, I took the X-Rays from the ER with me... I told them that I'd be finding another Dr. When the Dr looked at my X-Rays, he said, "Yes, you've got some broken bones in your foot." Well, a few weeks later, I got a letter from my insurance company saying that they had payed him some $300 or so for a "diagnosis!" I called the insurance company to tell them that he didn't diagnose anything, that they had mis-diagnosed me in the first place, and that due to his NOT taking an X-Ray, it cost me (and them) a trip to the ER! I insisted that they NOT pay him for this "diagnosis," as I didn't do it as an office visit. I just ran into the office to show him the X-Ray and tell him that I wouldn't be back. They responded that when I showed him the X-Ray, and he looked at it, rendering an opinion, that it was a diagnosis, and that they had to pay him. I called it insurance fraud...
But back on the topic, I wonder if I would be guilty of violating this law, by going to 3 different Drs over a period of about 2 weeks, and getting controlled substance RXs from these different Drs
Mark
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