Not admitted · Not a forecast
Rules 1.1.0 · as of 14 Sep 2026
Owen Scott Muir · Said 28 Feb 2024 · owen-0904
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Not a forecast
“So we're talking about a worst-case scenario of $1.8×10^14.”
Tier-4 HIPAA penalty math: $1.8 million maximum per record times about 100 million people (Change Healthcare processes data on 1/3 of Americans) gives $1.8×10^14, which the author says is 377 times UnitedHealth's market capitalization. He labels it explicitly a worst-case scenario.
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