The Trump administration is seeking identifiable medical records from more than 8 million federal workers, retirees, and their families, pulling data from 65 insurance companies.
A December notice from the Office of Personnel Management, framed quietly as a request for 'service use and cost data,' would capture prescriptions, diagnoses, doctors' notes, treatments, visit summaries, and provider details. No clear legal authority or specific purpose has been stated.
The KFF Health News report is worth reading in full for the legal and health policy expert responses, which go beyond surface concern and address what existing federal privacy frameworks do and do not protect against a request like this one.
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