[SampleMan]

Do you mean HIPPA, instead of COBRA?

I thought HIPPA was part of COBRA, but yes, specifically it is HIPPA that I'm referring to.

[DeFault User]

HIPPA is so strict that various departments within a hospital can't share patient information with each other. Recently, a California hospital employee lost a thumb drive that may have contained patient data on it and the Feds fined the hospital $4 million.

[Vineyard]

HIPPA pertains to privacy of health records.

COBRA pertains to the ability for someone to retain health insurance when leaving a company (but having to pay ‘full costs’ of the insurance, not just the employee share that the individual had been paying when with the company.)

[Vineyard]

HIPPA pertains to privacy of health records.

COBRA pertains to the ability for someone to retain health insurance when leaving a company (but having to pay ‘full costs’ of the insurance, not just the employee share that the individual had been paying when with the company.)