Eh. Last year the total HIPAA violations fines were less than $9.2 million. A figure I could find for hospital revenue in the same year which is a good enough

Eh. Last year the total HIPAA violations fines were less than $9.2 million. A figure I could find for hospital revenue in the same year which is a good enough proxy for fines vs revenue is about $1.2 trillion. Which rounding because who cares comes to 0.001% of medical revenue ends up being paid for HIPAA violation fines. Or the equivalent ratio of about a cup of coffee for a typical enough person per year. HIPAA needs teeth, what it says you're supposed to do is quite strong, the enforcement of it is pathetic.