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genxlib

(5,528 posts) Tue Jun 28, 2022, 09:26 AM Jun 2022

HIPAA is going to be severely tested in the post-Roe world [View all]

The witch hunts that are bound to take place are going to get ugly.

At the end of the day, it seems like actual medical information is going to be needed in order to actually establish any potential "guilt" (and I use the term very loosely and only in the framework of something being against the law).

Where this "evidence" of wrongdoing comes from is going to get very complicated.

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HIPAA is going to be severely tested in the post-Roe world [View all] genxlib Jun 2022 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2022 #1

I truly expect them to overturn HIPPA saying there is no right to privacy. lark Jun 2022 #12

I've been saying this for a while. If Roe gets overturned, and knowing Republicans... SKKY Jun 2022 #2

Apparently,HIPAA allows the release of information under subpeona, search warrant of court order Fiendish Thingy Jun 2022 #3

Also to state agencies if required by state law FBaggins Jun 2022 #4

HIPAA can't be used to shield 'criminal' activity JCMach1 Jun 2022 #7

They first have to get the blue states to go along. Most have already said they will not cooperate PortTack Jun 2022 #10

Yeah, going to be a mess... And remember there are all those insurance JCMach1 Jun 2022 #13

That supposes their actually is criminal activity genxlib Jun 2022 #14

There was a story last week about apps that some hospital staff use that send data to Facebook. CrispyQ Jun 2022 #5

If an employer is going to cover all travel expenses to travel to another state for an abortion MichMan Jun 2022 #6

Partner and I have been having conversations about this of late Sympthsical Jun 2022 #8

Most of the blue states have said they will not cooperate with subpoenas from red states PortTack Jun 2022 #9

And, as always, the poor have little defense in the legal system... Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #11