Pence's doctor alerted WH aides about Ronny Jackson concerns last fall

[RandySF]

(CNN) Vice President Mike Pence's physician privately raised alarms within the White House last fall that President Donald Trump's doctor may have violated federal privacy protections for a key patient -- Pence's wife, Karen -- and intimidated the vice president's doctor during angry confrontations over the episode.

The previously unreported incident is the first sign that serious concerns about Ronny Jackson's conduct had reached the highest levels of the White House as far back as September -- months before White House aides furiously defended Jackson's professionalism, insisted he had been thoroughly vetted and argued allegations of misconduct amounted to unsubstantiated rumors.

The episode -- detailed in three memos by Pence's physician -- is also the first documentation that has surfaced involving a specific allegation of medical misconduct by Jackson. It adds to a series of significant allegations leveled by unidentified current and former colleagues, including that he casually dispensed prescription drugs.



https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/04/30/politics/karen-pence-doctor-privacy-ronny-jackson/index.html

[HipChick]

1. Sparky is keeping on at the White House..as Deputy Assistant...whatver that means..

lapdog?

[lunasun]

2. And this jackass was going to run the VA

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. The job would have been to destroy the VA so it makes perfect sense.

[lunasun]

7. Thank you Mr. Rosewater , I lost perspective of thier true goal. Total privatization is the hope.

[malaise]

3. Oops!

Come in Jon Tester - the Con really is an idiot.

[DonViejo]

4. The link isn't working for me.

[blogslut]

9. maybe this works

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/04/30/politics/karen-pence-doctor-privacy-ronny-jackson/index.html

[DonViejo]

13. Yes, it works. Thanks, much appreciated.

[hlthe2b]

6. HIPAA violation, but I'd bet there was more...

[maxsolomon]

8. MOTHER'S privacy? Heaven forfend!

Jackson got the nod because Trump liked his flattery & felt he was telegenic. End of thinking process.

WH "Vetting" consists of finding reasons to do what the Boss (as Michael Cohen calls him) wants to do.

Trump is a "Gut" Manager, and his gut is full of shit.

[dawg day]

10. Violating a patient's privacy is a pretty serious thing

Then again, so is dispensing narcotics without a prescription. Doctors go to jail for that. I know a pharmacist who went to jail for dispensing with a prescription he had reason to think was forged.

This guy seems like he let a bit of power go to his head.

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. So Pence tells Trump, who happily grabs at the blackmail possibilities

and the next thing ya know, Trump is a healthy specimen of mankind, the dubious doc is getting handed a cushy job, until Tester ruins it, at which point Trump threatens to blackmail HIM.
Ole trumpster sure knows his way around blackmail, methinks.

[marble falls]

12. Fuck Pence, too. He's not going to my President. I Mueller has a spare indictment for him.

[Clarity2]

14. Wait, whats going on with Dear Mother?

Sounded like a serious situation. Something that Dr. Ronny wanted to insert himself into...does it involve candy?

The issue involving Karen Pence arose September 8, 2017, when a medical situation required her to be taken from Camp David -- where the President was slated to meet with his Cabinet -- to Walter Reed hospital. Even though Jackson is responsible for caring for Trump, he intervened in the situation involving Mrs. Pence, leading to "an inadvertent disclosure of SLOTUS' medical information in a situation where ultimate discretion was of utmost importance," according to the memo, which does not describe the information disclosed.

Jackson asked for several reports on her condition from the physicians who initially treated her at Camp David, though the physician noted it was done "without malicious intent to circumvent their medical knowledge."

Jackson then shared information with the senior medical providers involved in the matter, and according to the memo, briefed "multiple parties" on Trump's White House staff "without specific consultation from the physician to the vice president," prompting the concerns that he disclosed Mrs. Pence's private information. He made an order to call in the on-duty specialist at Walter Reed and made plans for her evacuation from Camp David, according to the memo, though he later denied doing so in a private meeting with the physician.

On September 11, 2017, Pence's physician briefed Ayers about "this breach of her patient information" under the federal law known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, by disclosing information to various parties. The physician was later directed by Mrs. Pence to tell Ayers to relay the information to Kelly, after the second lady expressed concerns about the potential her medical information was disclosed.