HIPAA: The Lie That Cost Us Privacy
They told us HIPAA was about protecting our health information. They told us it was a safeguard—a firewall between our private lives and prying eyes. But two decades later, the truth is painfully clear: HIPAA didn’t protect your data. It exposed it. The Trojan Horse of “Privacy” Enacted in 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act—HIPAA—was sold as a patient-first policy. But like many government promises, the fine print told a different story. While the public focused on forms at doctor’s offices and whispered conversations at pharmacy counters, the real power brokers—insurance companies, government agencies, and data brokers—built backdoors into the very system we were told would protect us. HIPAA wasn’t a shield. It was a framework. A framework that legalized information sharing under the illusion of consent. Your Data Was Never Yours Think HIPAA keeps your medical history private? Think again. Law enforcement can request your records without your perm...