Medical Exploitation

[angrychair]

The Mango Mussolini administration is seeking the unredacted full medical records of every single federal employee, current and retired, including members of Congress. I mean everything, full medical history, prescriptions, doctor's medical record notes, care summaries, everything. Not just once but mandatory monthly updates.

A brief notice from the Office of Personnel Management could dramatically change which personally identifiable medical information the agency obtains, giving it the power to see prescriptions employees had filled or what treatment they sought from doctors. The regulation would require 65 insurance companies that cover more than 8 million Americans — including federal workers, retired members of Congress, mail carriers, and their immediate family members — to provide monthly reports to OPM with identifiable health data on their members.

I cannot relate how unsettling this is a s how I would NEVER consent to give any employer, much less an administration like this one full, unredacted or redacted, access to my medical records.

This is one of the most absurd and disturbing requests from this administration yet and will Congress actually do anything about it other than send a sternly worded letter?

Reference: https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/trump-opm-federal-workers-medical-records-privacy/

[yellow dahlia]

1. Yikes + WTF!

[WmChris]

3. HR once wanted my medical history during a workcomp situation

I informed the HR lady I would release any and all information related to any medical issues related to my L4 & L5 vertebrae. It however was none of her business whether I was Circumscised or not. They want to gather any and all information they might use now or in the future to control their bottom line.

[yellow dahlia]

5. We are becoming a surveillance state. Not enough attention is being paid to it.

And too many people are complacent.

[Vinca]

2. Trump first and make it public.

[struggle4progress]

4. +

[Rebl2]

7. Absolutely

Trumpy first!

[mitch96]

6. Would this violate HIPAA regulations?

From the google machine:

"HIPAA regulations (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) are federal standards protecting sensitive patient health information (PHI) from disclosure without consent. Covered entities—health plans, clearinghouses, and providers—must comply with the Privacy Rule, Security Rule, and Breach Notification Rule to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and security".

[Rebl2]

8. Since when

does HE follow the rules and laws.

[mitch96]

10. Totally agree. His MO is to tie things up in litigation for ever....nt

[ms liberty]

9. I think it would, unless there's a carve out for govt employees which doesn't make sense.

[spanone]

11. I suspect many employees would be resigning.

Proceed, sir.