HIPAA Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/hipaa/ A platform for change Wed, 14 Sep 2022 04:02:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Democrats urge Biden administration to use HIPAA to protect abortion rights and privacy https://flux.community/shefali-luthra/2022/09/democrats-urge-biden-administration-to-use-hipaa-to-protect-abortion-rights-and-privacy/ Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:00:21 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12296 Thirty Democratic senators led by Washington’s Patty Murray are calling on the Biden administration to use health care privacy laws to protect patients’ reproductive health information, specifically when it comes to abortion. In the letter sent Tuesday, first shared with The 19th, the senators ask the Biden administration to use the Health Insurance Portability and […]

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]]> Biden signs executive order on abortion access and legal backing https://flux.community/shefali-luthra/2022/07/biden-signs-executive-order-on-abortion-access-and-legal-backing/ Mon, 11 Jul 2022 13:00:54 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11627 President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday designed to expand access to medication abortion and education about legally available abortion options, as well as provide legal backing for people seeking or providing abortions. Biden suggested that there is little he can do independently to address abortion rights, and encouraged people  — particularly women — […]

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