Write an article discussing your thoughts regarding the HIPAA Privacy Rules prior written authorization requirement. Please address the following topics

• Whether you think that patients and insureds actually read HIPAA authorization forms before they sign them
• Even if patients and insureds read HIPAA authorization forms, whether they truly understand what they are signing
• Whether an individual who is not a lawyer, not a law student, or not an MLS in Healthcare Law student would understand the legal implications of signing a HIPAA authorization form
• Whether you have ever been asked to sign a HIPAA authorization form in the past and what your experience was with that form/interaction was (e.g., did the person handing you the form explain the purpose of the form, was the form combined with other forms, was the form hard to read, was the form hard to understand, was the form written in plain language, were you given a copy of the form, did the form contain all of the core elements and required statements set forth in the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and was the interaction what you think HHS intended when it drafted 45 C.F.R. 164.508?)