Firstly, the history of HIPPA is the most important. HIPPA is short for The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act which is originally known as the Kennedy-Kassebaum Bill, a set of regulations that became a law in 1996. Its purpose is to help people carry their health insurance from one business to the next, as well as restructure the movement of medical records from one health care institution to another. According to Skloot she states “Today, no scientist would dream of publishing a person’s name with any of their genetic information”. Her reference also explains the penalties if that were to happen such as a fine up to 250,000 and up to ten years in jail (Skloot Pg. 197-198). In addition, HIPAA created a system to recognize
