Should HIPAA be amended to remove medical privacy for persons seeking national office

[RB TexLa]

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Although I voted no,

I will say that any candidate that refuses to release their records voluntarily is suspect. What do they have to hide?

[onenote]

2. you realize that Obama has only released a one page summary, not his actual records?

[uppityperson]

3. I agree with you.

[Cerridwen]

4. If I gotta pee in a cup to get a job...

so do they.

If I gotta take and pass a physical exam for insurance, so do they.

Either remove the restrictions from my life or place the same damned ones on theirs.

Don't like it? Turn down the job. Same as they tell us.

I don't care about all their aches and pains but they better be regularly tested for booze and drugs as they drive this "ship of state."

[EFerrari]

5. Yes, I think so. Especially given the crappy state of health care screening

in this country. Every job I've ever had has some requirement I had to meet.

If you want national office, you should be required to be transparent about your health.

[mentalsolstice]

6. I'd want limited information

I don't care if they take ED drugs, or have had botox enhancements, etc. But I would want to know if they were taking certain psychotropic meds, at what dosage, and what kind of counseling was being given in conjunction with the prescribing of such drugs. I'm not saying that any of this would disqualify a candidate for me, I'd just want to know that the treatment was appropriate, recognized by the medical community, and was not disabilitating, as far as keeping the candidate from carrying out his/her duties.

And of course, I'd want said records to be disclosed honestly.