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“Questions about whether she’s been vaccinated are “a violation of my HIPAA rights.”
Marjorie Taylor Greene Republican representative from Georgia. In remarks to reporters.. Claim dated 20 Jul 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse

What PolitiFact found

National health privacy rules bar insurers and healthcare providers from sharing health records without permission. They allow employers to ask about vaccination status.

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In short

Marjorie Taylor Greene (Republican representative from Georgia) made this claim around 20 July 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 July 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.

Marjorie Taylor Greene has 25 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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