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Elizabeth Warren: “In 1996, when Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, it set important…”

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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