RE: Did No One See This?!
March 16, 2012 at 10:15 am
(This post was last modified: March 16, 2012 at 10:19 am by Jaysyn.)
(March 16, 2012 at 9:48 am)Phil Wrote:(March 16, 2012 at 9:39 am)Jaysyn Wrote:Really, so are they just going to conjure up your prescription info out of thin air? They can't get the information.(March 16, 2012 at 9:26 am)Phil Wrote: I can't see a law like this having any possibility of being implemented. This would be against HIPPA laws which are so severe, a hospital employee can not even call you by name without your consent. Could you imagine this bypassing that? I used to joke with the nurses that HIPPA is getting so bad they were going to have to put patient photos on the charts instead of their names.
Employers are only tenuously bound by HIPAA.
Are you disagreeing with me? That's basically what I said in my next sentence.
(March 16, 2012 at 9:41 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: That's not the point - the employer can't ask if you're on birth control, no. What they can do is deny you coverage. So the $9 BC I get at Wal-Mart would become $30 or more. Which is still cheaper than having a kid, but seriously.
Then that would be a good example of an employer HIPAA violation. As stated previously, state law doesn't trump federal law.
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