HIPAA privacy rules may prevent Miami dentist Dr. Virgil Mongalo from getting into the specifics of the dental procedure that resulted in the start of Lil Wayne's jail term being pushed back to today, but he's more than free to brag about how much bank he made: "When asked about the $150,000 price Wayne is quoted to have paid, Dr. Mongalo paraphrased Don Quixote: 'A tooth is worth more than a diamond.'" What this means for the relative value of a Google Trends-hopping press release remains maddeningly unclear.
Neither fraud, nor deceit, nor malice had yet interfered with truth and plain dealing. Just gun possession, apparently.
HIPAA protects billing records, too. So privacy is worth less than a something you stick under your pillow.