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What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)?

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What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)?

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HIPAA amended the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), to provide new rights and protections for participants and beneficiaries in group health plans. Understanding this amendment is important to your decisions about future health coverage. HIPAA contains protections both for health coverage offered in connection with employment (group health plans) and for individual insurance policies sold by insurance companies (individual policies).