The Politics of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Health Affairs

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 146-150

  Atchinson, Brian K ^b   Fox, Daniel M ^a  

^a Milbank Memorial Fund   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

CAREER MOBILITY; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; POLITICS; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0348050198     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.16.3.146     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. P.L. 104-191, H.R. 3103.
2. See "Summary, The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, H.R. 3103," prepared by staff of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, August 1996; and "Draft Template for State Implementation of the HIPAA of 1996" (Washington: National Association of Insurance Commissioners, 1996).
3. See "Summary, The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, H.R. 3103," prepared by staff of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, August 1996; and "Draft Template for State Implementation of the HIPAA of 1996" (Washington: National Association of Insurance Commissioners, 1996).
4. This political history is based mainly on the direct observations of one of the authors (Atchinson) and on interviews.
5. K.S. Andersen, "The Reforming States Group and the Milbank Memorial Fund," unpublished paper, January 1997; and C. Rydell for the Reforming States Group, "An Agenda for Federalism from State Leaders," Health Affairs (Winter 1994): 252-255.
6. K.S. Andersen, "The Reforming States Group and the Milbank Memorial Fund," unpublished paper, January 1997; and C. Rydell for the Reforming States Group, "An Agenda for Federalism from State Leaders," Health Affairs (Winter 1994): 252-255.
7. See, for example, letter from Americans for Responsible Reform, Washington, D.C., to Governor Angus King, Augusta, Maine, 2 December 1996. Each governor received a similar letter.