Lawmakers Tell Hospitals To Protect LGBTQ Patient Information

House and Senate Democrats sent letters to hospitals urging them to protect LGBTQ patients’ information and asking them to implement policies addressing legal demands, like requests from attorneys general for medical records of LGBTQ youth. A report by the Senate Finance Committee’s staff found some providers violated patient privacy when they received such requests, calling the AGs’ behavior a “weaponization” of Medicaid. “Some providers have immediately turned over near-complete, patient-identifiable medical records -- a grave violation of patient privacy and...