About Health Care Law

HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, has been ratified by the United States Congress 12 years ago to protect and administer the health insurance of all the residents of the United States. The first target of the said act is to protect the health insurance of those who lose and/or change their occupations. Employers and insurance service providers could be very tricky this time and HIPAA is there to protect them from any con these companies might pull off on them.

Second, is that of the national identifiers card. This card will umbrella all the insurance companies (even Medicare, Medicaid etc.) and will provide an alphanumerical system of identification.

Although it has been ratified 12 years ago, it was only made effective in 2006 and has been running since then.

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