NO! HIPAA doesn't prevent anyone from asking you about your vaccine status

[turbinetree]

Why on this earth and how did this asshole from ND get in the senate and make $174,000 a year and spew this stuff, has he even introduced legislation on anything to make his state live better, while in the across the west the hills are on fire literally causing people in his state and beyond to have more health problems with the smoke and he's worried about Hipaa, maybe he was thinking about Hippa....fucking resign, you supported the insurrection..

[Ocelot II]

1. SMH. All it does is prevent *health care providers* from releasing your info

without your permission. Anybody can ask about your vaccination status or any other health condition; only health care providers are legally obligated to refuse to answer. Your church can definitely pray for your recovery without violating HIPAA.

[turbinetree]

4. Maybe he should re-read the laws....all he is doing is gaslighting

[IronLionZion]

2. Hippo laws forbid it!

[Walleye]

3. Pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, is there a right to privacy with these why doesn't HIPAA cover it?

Still have gotten no answer to these questions. If the doctor tells the state government that I’m pregnant is that a violation of HIPAA? If so how do they enforce abortion laws?.

[Xoan]

5. no but ...

it doesnt require you to answer.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Fact check: Businesses (and journalists) can legally ask if you have been vaccinated.

Link to tweet

Vaccine opponents, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., are using the occasion to resurrect the false claim that the HIPAA federal privacy law protects individuals from being asked about their vaccination status.

On May 18, several GOP members refused to wear masks on the House floor in defiance of House rules on mask-wearing, including Greene. When asked whether she was vaccinated, Greene told reporters that asking about her vaccine status was a HIPAA violation. ....

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, is a law that prevents health care professionals from sharing private health information without the patient's permission.

But experts agree the interpretation of HIPAA cited by Greene and others online is inaccurate. The law has no bearing on who can ask or answer questions about health status outside a health care setting, they say.....

Alan Meisel, a professor of law and bioethics at the University of Pittsburgh, told USA TODAY at the time that HIPAA’s rules apply only to sharing information between "covered entities." The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services describes covered entities as “health plans, health care clearinghouses, and those health care providers that conduct certain health care transactions electronically.”

Meisel said the claim that HIPAA protected people from being asked about their vaccine status is “utter nonsense.”

MTG is an idiot

[Skittles]

7. the interveiwer did a good job

I really liked that he pointed out there is a difference between protesting racism and trying to overthrow the government