California Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla have called on the Trump administration to halt the use of personal data from Medicaid enrollees, which includes sensitive details like immigration status, in its deportation efforts. The senators' alarm was triggered by an Associated Press report revealing that the Department of Health and Human Services had illegally transferred this information to the Department of Homeland Security, despite objections from career health officials. The senators urged for the destruction of any obtained data while raising significant ethical and legal concerns surrounding privacy violations.
The overwhelming concern about the transfer of personal Medicaid data to DHS emphasizes serious ethical issues along with potential violations of federal privacy laws.
Senators Schiff and Padilla insist that the data transfer must stop immediately, and they urge HHS to destroy any data obtained under dubious circumstances.
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