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On the recordSeptember 15, 2015
In 1996, when Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, it set important privacy standards, and it made clear that patients have a right to see their own medical records.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Highlighting HIPAA's role in establishing patient rights to access medical records.

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