Does the Roman Catholic church consider HIPAA to be an unjust law?
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HIPAA, the United States Health Care Privacy Law has been in effect for nearly two decades. It's the law that makes people all nervous about talking about other people's well being with their doctors and I've got a feeling it cuts in to Catholic Social teaching, but I can't say exactly why.
According to the Catholic social teaching, the principle of subsidiarity laws are best crafted at the an appropriate level
> Excessive intervention by the state can threaten personal freedom and initiative. The teaching of the Church has elaborated the principle of subsidiarity, according to which "a community of a higher order should not interfere in the internal life of a community of a lower order, depriving the latter of its functions, but rather should support it in case of need and help to co- ordinate its activity with the activities of the rest of society, always with a view to the common good."
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> CCC 1883
I got off on a bit of a tangent today at my Religious Ed. class telling the 13 and 14 year olds that HIPAA was in direct violation of Catholic Social teaching because of the part that [potentially removes their parents](http://www.hhs.gov/hipaafaq/personal/227.html) from the loop of their healthcare decisions.
So, my question is, should a family ever be trumped by a higher order when it comes to medicine?
Asked by Peter Turner
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Feb 13, 2014, 05:37 AM
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