California-Led Lawsuit Challenges HHS Over Illegal Sharing of Medicaid Data with ICE

In a bold legal move, a coalition of Democrat-led states spearheaded by California filed suit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for allegedly giving unrestricted access to sensitive health data from Medicaid recipients to immigration authorities. This action aims to enforce President Trump's aggressive immigration crackdowns. The lawsuit, submitted to the Northern District Court of California, claims that HHS's broad data-sharing violates the foundational Medicaid statute enacted in 1965. This law mandates strict confidentiality for personal health information collected under the program, limiting sharing solely to specific, health-related purposes. California Attorney General Rob Bonta condemned the...