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Is SpaceX a covered entity providing health care? If not, HIPAA is not at issue.
by rhd 4y ago
Is SpaceX a covered entity providing health care? If not, HIPAA is not at issue.
- giantg2 4y agoOk, then Americans with disabilities or whatever. The point is, most companies don't release this information and I believe there are legal reasons for that.
- dghlsakjg 4y agoThe legal reason isn't that they aren't allowed to, it is that it can only hurt them. Why would a company highlight failures if they don't have to? Especially when their statements can later be used against them in civil or criminal proceedings.
- giantg2 4y agoI'm almost certain that FMLA, ADA, etc have provisions that require the employer to treat the information as confidential. Even things like contact tracing for covid keeps the person anonymous.
- scrumbledober 4y agoThis is the company that released a video of a bunch of their rockets exploding, "How not to land an orbital rocket booster". They are usually pretty open with their failures, at least in engineering. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ
- dghlsakjg 4y agoI guess I didn't specify that "failure of an experimental rocket for a company developing new rockets" is a different category than "failure of workplace safety procedures that permanently disables a family man" I thought the difference was clear
- scrumbledober 4y agothe difference is clear to be sure, just pointing out that at least in engineering, they have never been shy to publicize their failures, and use them to improve processes. I would hope that that attitude would apply equally to safety, but it seems like it does not.