Medical records sold to highest bidder for $5.00 (KY)

[Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>]

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0308/505349.html
[...]

The man, who wants to remain anonymous, thought he was getting a bargain 
when he bid five dollars, sight unseen, for whatever was in the storage 
unit. It's the way storage auctions work when the person who owns the 
items inside gets behind on payments.

"Once I got a chance to explore the bin, it was all medical records."

All of the records from Mitchellville's Atlantic Chiropractic Office, 
dating from the mid-90's. The records were all unexpectedly person with 
social security numbers, medical histories and billing information listed.

[...]

The owner of Atlantic Chiropractic, Dr. Douglas Weaver, said he wouldn't 
explain on camera, but he told an ABC 7/NewsChannel 8's Emily Schmidt he 
forgot the medical records were in the unit. He moved them there years 
ago after buying the practice from Dr. Steven Vaughn, whose name was on 
actually on all the records.

[...]

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