Share your thoughts on HIPAA with the class. Do you feel that HIPAA really protects the patient? How do you think patients feel about HIPAA? Do you think that they believe it is an inconvenience or a worthwhile law?

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The acronym HIPAA is representative of a statute known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act whose enactment was aimed at achieving two main objectives: health insurance portability and protection of patient privacy (Bowers, 2001). In my opinion, HIPAA protects patients in important ways. First, it ensures universal medical coverage for all patients regardless of changes in their employment status. Therefore, it guarantees all …

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