Your Rights to Health Care

Links To Helpful Sites

• Changing Jobs? Know about HIPAA

  HIPAA can give you important health coverage protection if you are changing jobs. Learn how you are protected, especially if you are already being treated for a health condition. Content Detail

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  National Health Law Program - HealthCareCoach.com

• FAQ Regarding the Loss or Potential Loss of Health Insurance

  Oversees the Hawaii insurance industry; issues licenses, examines the fiscal condition of Hawaii-based companies, reviews rate and policy filings, investigates insurance related complaints. Content Detail

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  Hawaii State Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs: Division of Insurance

• HIV & Your Civil Rights

  If you have tested positive for HIV, or if you have AIDS, you have legal rights to protect you from discrimination. Content Detail

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  American Civil Liberties Union

• HIV & Your Civil Rights

  If you have tested positive for HIV, or if you have AIDS, you have legal rights to protect you from discrimination. Content Detail

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  American Civil Liberties Union

• Know your rights as a disabled prisoners

  This fact sheet explains the applicability of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to prisoners. Content Detail

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  American Civil Liberties Union

• Know your rights to medical care in prison

  Prison officials are obligated under the Eighth Amendment to provide prisoners with adequate medical and mental health care. This fact sheet highlights the case law that protects your medical rights while you are incarcerated. Content Detail

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  American Civil Liberties Union

• Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace

  Under state law, * it is illegal to refuse to hire an applicant because she is pregnant, or to fire or penalize an employee in the terms, conditions, or privileges of her job because she is pregnant. Content Detail

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  Hawaii Civil Rights Commission