HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
§ LEGISLATIONhealthcare· 1996
What It Did
Improved the portability of health insurance coverage for workers changing jobs, established national standards for electronic health care transactions, and created privacy protections for individually identifiable health information. Prohibited group health plans from denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions for those maintaining continuous coverage.
The Vote
House · 421–2 (conference report)
D
196 YEA · 1 NAY
R
225 YEA · 1 NAY
Senate · 98–0 (conference report)
D
47 YEA · 0 NAY
R
51 YEA · 0 NAY
Key Sponsors
→ Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS) · Senate
→ Edward Kennedy (D-MA) · Senate
Sources: Congress.gov · VoteView · FRED
In the Years Following
Economic indicators related to this law, showing 5 years before through 10 years after.
CPI — Medical Care
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CPI — All Items
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Many factors influence economic outcomes. This chart shows trends in the years surrounding this legislation — not necessarily caused by it.