[Beckwith]

Mechanics aside.

The records are there. It’s what governments do.

Now whether individuals with the government share those records, or lose those records, or change those records is another question.

We’re talking about Obama, after all.

His shit just keeps disappearing!

[sometime lurker]

I am strictly speaking of hospital records, which are NOT government records. The hospital is not permitted to release those records without patient authorization on pain of a large fine and possible imprisonment. Further, to find those records would be difficult for some employee to do "on the sly" as they are likely offsite, and would leave a paper trail to access. Which means the employee, at a minimum, loses his job.

Employees who have merely looked at celebrity records have lost their jobs; one got a four month sentence just for looking. One employee who sold information to the press was facing a 10 year prison term, but died before she could be incarcerated. Hospitals guard protected health information carefully since HIPAA, sometimes absurdly so.