Word: hipaa
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...protect the interests of state residents. As it stands, there are some 5.2 million non-elderly state residents who are without any protection from discriminatory use of genetic information in the issue and rating of health insurance. Even though the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) prevents the use of genetic information in issue of group health insurance policies, nothing in HIPAA prevents the company from using such information to increase a group's rate and price people out of coverage; furthermore, HIPAA is powerless in the individual and self-insured insurance markets...