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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (commonly known as HIPAA) protects patients medical information in that your personal information cannot be shared with another party without your authorization.
The other aspect of HIPAA that most people are familiar with is COBRA. COBRA allows you to continue employer coverage for a while after your employment has terminated. Under the affordable care act, coming off of group coverage does grant you a special enrollment period as it's a qualifying event so you would want to compare options between COBRA and plans available on the individual market - an experienced health insurance broker can help you with this.
I hope the information is helpful - please feel free to contact me for help and if you have any other questions. Thanks very much.
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The other aspect of HIPAA that most people are familiar with is COBRA. COBRA allows you to continue employer coverage for a while after your employment has terminated. Under the affordable care act, coming off of group coverage does grant you a special enrollment period as it's a qualifying event so you would want to compare options between COBRA and plans available on the individual market - an experienced health insurance broker can help you with this.
I hope the information is helpful - please feel free to contact me for help and if you have any other questions. Thanks very much.