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What is HIPAA? 5 questions answered about the medical privacy law that protects Trump's test results and yours

  • Written by Margaret Riley, Professor of Law, Public Health Sciences, and Public Policy, University of Virginia
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When President Trump was hospitalized with COVID-19, his doctor pointed to “HIPAA rules and regulations” as the reason he couldn’t speak more freely about Trump’s condition. HIPAA is a medical privacy law, but people often...

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