California sues Trump admin again, this time over Medicaid data transfer to DHS
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California leads 20-state lawsuit against the Trump administration for transferring Medicaid data to DHS, alleging violations of federal privacy laws including HIPAA.
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"Upon information and belief, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) handed over a trove of individuals’ protected health data obtained from States, including California, Illinois, and Washington, to other federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)," the complaint says. "Millions of individuals’ health information was transferred without their consent, and in violation of federal law."
Those states allow non-U.S. citizens to enroll in Medicaid programs that they say pay for their expenses using only state taxpayer dollars. The Associated Press first reported last month that the sharing of data by HHS to DHS included addresses, names, social security numbers, immigration status and claims data for enrollees in those states.
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