Bush government "undermines protection of medical privacy"
posted by:Hilary Young // 10:02 AM // July 29, 2005 // Digital Democracy: law, policy and politics
This is old news by the standard of our blog (it dates from June), but it may nevertheless be of interest. The Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) of the American Department of Justice released an opinion in June on the application of the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Essentially, the opinion states that the criminal provision for violating health privacy under the act only applies to hospitals and health insurers and not to individuals.
In the article linked below, Peter Swire argues against this finding saying it undermines the protection of health privacy in the US.
http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=743281
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