A data sharing agreement between Medicaid officials and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) permits agents to view sensitive information of Americans, including home addresses and social security numbers. The arrangement is meant to assist ICE in locating undocumented immigrants, despite the fact that undocumented individuals cannot enroll in Medicaid. This decision faced opposition from civil servants warning it could violate legal statutes, yet officials defended it as necessary for preventing fraud and waste in the Medicaid program. The debate highlights significant concerns regarding the protection of personal information and government oversight.
Medicaid officials have reportedly made an agreement with ICE to allow agents to examine a database of Americans' personal information including home addresses, social security numbers and ethnicities.
This agreement will allow ICE to find the location of aliens, facilitating immigration enforcement, and interests of low-income, disabled and elderly citizens may be compromised.
The Trump administration officials reportedly overrode warnings from career civil servants who stated that this data sharing could violate multiple statutes, indicating potential legal issues.
Trump administration officials defended the data sharing agreement as a tool to prevent waste, fraud and abuse, asserting HHS and CMS acted within legal authority.
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