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HIPAA was enacted 25 years ago. Today it’s wrongly being used to justify keeping COVID status secret.

Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY Comments Off on HIPAA was enacted 25 years ago. Today it’s wrongly being used to justify keeping COVID status secret.

The 25-year-old Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is often misunderstood and lately has been wrongly invoked to shield COVID status.

     
Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY
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