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The New York Times
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Across the U.S., doctors are increasingly concerned that people with serious medical conditions are avoiding medical care out of fear of being apprehended by immigration officials. “The tragic message to these people is: Be a shadow and hope that you do not die,” one said. nyti.ms/4d4Wu1s

Dublin Fella
@dublinbloke.bsky.social

Wasn’t HIPAA meant to restrict health care providers from sharing any data with any other parties without explicit consent of the patient? Or has this been scrapped by the Orange Turd’s regime?

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ks330.bsky.social
@ks330.bsky.social

Part of the concern is that ICE has declared they can be in (lurk threateningly in) public areas of hospitals/healthcare organizations like waiting rooms. It was time 3 months ago for these facilities to declare those as non-public so only patient-support folks like family members were allowed.