Well, it's hard to tell. Because physicians normally don't dispense a bottle, they usually give samples. At least where I'm familiar with but state laws might vary too.
Yes I had thought of the MD giving the med directly to him as well. But not putting a lable on the bottle.
Whatever the reason for the plan it obviously didn't work.
I just don't see a person like Rush having his prescrptions filled in the ordinary fashion by a pharmacist. Every person outside the immediate closed circle of Rush and his doctor represents a potential leak to Rush's enemies. HIPAA and all the laws prohibiting such disclosures notwithstanding, his enemies would find a way to disclose the information without consequence to themselves.
As it turned out, it apparently was not a smart move to do it the way they did it. But I can understand why it happened, and it is an offense only in the narrowest technical sense--and very likely Rush's doctor's offense, not Rush's.
I'm glad I don't have live every second of my life wondering what smear the radical left wing is going to unloose on me or my reputation tomorrow.