According to the New York Post, Feinberg’s wife called the pharmacy about one of her own prescriptions when she was told about the Viagra. Feinberg now claims that even telling his own wife violated his privacy under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. He declares in the filing that the disclosure undermined his marriage.
The claim obviously departs from the traditional view of a husband and wife were legally one person. Moreover, there is a viable question as to the state of the marriage before the disclosure given the subterfuge behind the purchasing of the drug.
What do you think?