Didn't Clinton sign the HIPAA? I think that stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or something like that...but medical privacy is a big part of it.
Anyway, in my nursing practice, at least in my state, NO nurse can release ANY information without written permission FROM THE PATIENT.
I'm going to go look and see what that stands for, again, just to satisfy myself.
I think that is the law. Clinton should have released his medical records. I believe they would have shown both cocaine use and a social disease.