Most people think that HIPAA means that their medical records are kept private. But what if I told you that HIPAA doesn’t protect your privacy at all?This is...
This video explains how your medical data is shared without your consent.
General public: I’m going to make wild assumptions about something I don’t know anything about, and also spend 0 time verifying if my assumptions are correct.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is an Act passed in 1996 that primarily had the objectives of enabling workers to carry forward healthcare insurance between jobs, prohibiting discrimination against beneficiaries with pre-existing health conditions, and guaranteeing coverage renewability multi-employer health insurance plans.
General public: I’m going to make wild assumptions about something I don’t know anything about, and also spend 0 time verifying if my assumptions are correct.
https://www.hipaajournal.com/hipaa-explained/
The first paragraph:
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is an Act passed in 1996 that primarily had the objectives of enabling workers to carry forward healthcare insurance between jobs, prohibiting discrimination against beneficiaries with pre-existing health conditions, and guaranteeing coverage renewability multi-employer health insurance plans.