Why Hasn't Tim Armstrong Been Criminally Charged for HIPAA Violations?

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Sunday February 09, 2014 · 2:54 PM PST

2014/02/09 · 14:54

AOL CEO Tim Armstrong has been all over the news for blaming his decision to cut his company's 401(k) benefits because of Obamacare and the payments for two "distressed babies", that he claims cost millions of dollars.

It should be noted that AOL's profits rose by 13% in the last quarter of 2013, AOL shares are up over 50% in the last 12 months, and Armstrong took a pretty big salary hike in 2013.

In the wake of these statements, one of the women Armstrong was calling out responded, ripping him for the mendacity of his statements.

Although Armstrong has since apologized for his remarks, and has reinstated the benefit plans, there is another question here, and one that, while it's gotten some attention in the media, has largely been ignored: Did Tim Armstrong violate HIPAA? And if so, what should happen?

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Wednesday October 23, 2013 · 11:45 AM PDT

2013/10/23 · 11:45

Greetings my friends! I'm the guy behind the ACA Success Stories Tumblr and the @AcaSuccessTales Twitter account.

The tumblr continues to gain traction and the Twitter account followers. I'd like to put out a call for anyone who has a success story from the Affordable Care Act, or links to stories about such successes, to submit them to the tumblr here: http://acasuccessstories.tumblr.com/....

I believe that real people telling their stories has far more power than pundits and talking heads. There is so much inaccurate, misleading and just plain wrong information floating around about the ACA, it's time to fight back, and show that the ACA isn't just a buggy web portal, it's real people getting the health coverage they need.

So, please share your stories, and ask people you know to share theirs!

Thank you!

ACA Success Stories Growing

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Monday October 21, 2013 · 1:21 PM PDT

2013/10/21 · 13:21

Hello friends. I posted a diary yesterday about a Tumblr I set up called ACA Success Stories. There's also a Twitter account called @ACASuccessTales ("Stories" made the account name too long).

If you have been positively affected by the Affordable Care Act- whether it's access to insurance you didn't have before, being able to access insurance on your parents' policies, or other positive outcomes of the ACA, I'd love to have you submit your story, in your own words:

http://acasuccessstories.tumblr.com/....

I believe that individuals telling their stories can outdo all the talking heads, lies and disinformation that opponents of the ACA can bring to bear. Remember that the ACA is much larger than a single website's temporary technical problems, and that the state exchanges are doing quite well, by and large.

Please step forward and tell your story. And share with your friends. Quietly speaking the truth will be more powerful than screaming talking points.

Share Your ACA Success Story!

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Sunday October 20, 2013 · 7:41 AM PDT

2013/10/20 · 07:41

Hi folks. If you're like me, you're sick of the misinformation and outright lies floating around about the ACA, especially the consistent negative press being framed as "horror stories" from people supposedly being impacted negatively by the ACA.

I'd like to change that, so I started a Tumblr that aims to collect ACA success stories.

Please check out the ACA Success Stories Tumblr and if you have a success story, submit your own!

Let's push back against the wave of lies with our own stories. Let people hear it in YOUR words, not what some talking head on Fox wants people to believe.

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Friday March 04, 2011 · 12:36 PM PST

2011/03/04 · 12:36

There's been a lot of discussion in the media and among various factions on many sides of the debate sparked by Wisconsin's Governor Walker targeting the ability of public-sector employees to bargain collectively.

One thing I found to be sadly lacking from the debate was actual data showing how labor laws and whether public sector employees and teachers can bargain collectively has a positive, negative or no correlation to various outcomes.

I asked myself questions like: Do states that have laws covering teacher collective bargaining have higher graduation rates? Do states with laws allowing public sector employees to bargain collectively have higher income rates?

Also, how does the "Right to Work" status of a state affect things?

I spent the last three weeks compiling data to answer these questions definitively. Read on to see how I did it and to look at a lot of pretty charts.

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