Posted by veg_all on 11/19/62 11:46

Jerry Stuckle wrote:

> So - if you value your freedom, any personal information having to do with the
> medical field has to be guarded with even more care than credit card and social
> security numbers. The law is very strict and penalties severe.

I dont understand the logic behind this. If someone steals my cc and
ssn, I lose thousands of dollars and enormous amounts of time. If
someoen finds out I have a doctor's appointment at 2PM, what is the
loss? Regardless of what the law says, the two breaches are not of the
sams magnitude. Plus there tons of people trying to hack and find cc
and ssn numbers, but how many people are hacking to find medical
information? I understand what you are saying about the HIPAA law, but
it does not seem very practical.

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