Old and in the Way

From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review comes this headline:

Privacy law delayed responders at home

Reading down, of course, we discover that it was some idiot's mis-reading of the law that led to the delay. TPO, people. TPO. The EMS folks needed the info--- HIPAA covers the situation quite well. There seems to be a whole class of folks determined to make something simple as much of a hassle as humanly possible.