re: NFL Star Refuses To Share Vaccine Status — “I Think That’s HIPAA”

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I never said you were wrong or argued what you said was unlikely. I was unaware the NFL had different policies for coaches and players regarding vaccination.

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Underdstood

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From hhs.gov regarding HIPAA:

“Most of us believe that our medical and other health information is private and should be protected, and we want to know who has this information. The Privacy Rule, a Federal law, gives you rights over your health information and sets rules and limits on who can look at and receive your health information.”

Some things may not technically violate hipaa while violating the spirit of the legislation which was to create an atmosphere where your health information was treated as sacrosanct and your privacy was respected.

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And, it could be argued that HIPAA was put in place to protect workers from discrimination by employers, as well as, with insurance companies and basically anything. It is our business and ours alone.

Sue the hell out of mask and vax pushers. Damn drug pushers.

Okay buddy.

Succinctly put.

Correct.

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An employer has to keep health info as confidential as possible but can disclose on a need to know basis for purposes of enforcing policies.

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Wrong. I work in health insurance. We are NOT allowed to disclose names along with conditions to employers. If an employee chooses not to disclose any health information, they cannot be compelled by an employer to do so.

The insurance cannot disclose that information to an employer; therefore, the employer has no access to it. We can give them statistical information on the group as a whole, but we cannot reveal names of employees and their diagnoses.

The employer offers the health insurance. That’s it. They have no right to see how an individual uses that policy.

An employer asking an employee to disclose their vaccination status is a violation of HIPAA.

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I was unaware the NFL had different policies for coaches and players regarding vaccination.

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The players follow the policy per the NFL Players union agreement with the NFL

The union has protected its members where they cannot get cut and will be paid whether they’re vaccinated or not

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An employer asking an employee to disclose their vaccination status is a violation of HIPAA.

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It isn’t. It likely should be a violation of privacy rights. It isn’t a violation of HIPAA.

It’s for the greater good. Just trust them.

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No it doesn't. People don't understand HIPPA. It only applies to Healthcare providers releasing patient health information.

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So all we have to do is say we’re vaccinated and no one can prove otherwise, correct? At the least we can produce a fake certificate and no dr or nurse can say whether or not it’s real, since doing so would release my health information