"The doctors work for you - make sure they do their job. Feel free to point out they have the duty to explain under HIPPA - this should get a rise out of them and make them pay more attention, because nobody wants to be caught not adhering to HIPPA. It's a legal standard for healthcare."
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Not exactly what HIPPA is or does. It is more about privacy. Health care providers can't share healthcare information even with family members in most cases.

"HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is a federal law that protects the privacy of patient health information, requiring covered entities to maintain the confidentiality of protected health information (PHI) and sets limits on when and how that information can be shared, even with family members."