Preserving your privacy when you visit the doctor

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Twila Brase (Pres. and co-founder of Citizen’s Council for Health Freedom) explains what an individual should do regarding their privacy when visiting the doctor. Should there be signing of any forms at the doctors? How does anybody know what must sign or should not sign? What should and should not be signed at the doctor’s office in relation to the release of your health data?

The Deception of HIPAA

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HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) is United States legislation that provides data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information. Twila Brase (Pres. and co-founder of Citizen’s Council for Health Freedom) explains what the historic approach has been in this nation and in law regarding the privacy of patient health care information. Also, why has the protection and privacy of individual patient health care data been so protected by law and not allowed to be shared?