I cant believe I’m living in the same country I was born and raised in where currently such nonsense exists. I think I will move to a country where I would have more freedoms, like North Korea or China. I expect to hear goose-stepping down my street any day now
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HIPPA. They can't even ask. Why people can't figure that one out... I just don't know.
It is HIPAA and it protects doctors, not patients
What? No. I work for a payer. It protects patient data. We get fined if we leak PII
Hear me out:.Who does the fine go to, the govt or the victim? The govt if I'm not mistaken. HIPAA theoretically protects PHI/PII but when you sign the HIPAA form, that is a RELEASE saying the provider can give your into to potentially 2.2 million entities, including business affiliates. The release that everyone signs protects the provider. Presumably this list of entities can grow with the strike of a regulator's pen--they may have already expanded it with COVID rules.if someone sues they need to prove harm--if it is an egregious violation, maybe there's a case, but otherwise proving harm is difficult. Our medical privacy would be safer if we did not sign the releases, but it simplifies insurance claims/payments so nobody questions it. Most of the time, patients are signing a black box to digitize their signatures and have no idea what they are agreeing to. httpss://www.cchfreedom.org/issue.php/37