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Rogue ACA insurance agents could face criminal charges under a proposed law
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Rogue ACA insurance agents could face criminal charges under a proposed law

NPR  

Rogue ACA insurance agents could face criminal charges under a proposed law Caspar Benson/Getty Images/fStop Health insurance agents who fraudulently enroll consumers in Affordable Care Act health plans could be subject to criminal charges — and civil penalties of $10,000 to $200,000 — under legislation introduced Wednesday by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee. Wyden’s …

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Some states are trying to protect health care data so it isn’t used against people seeking abortions
10 months ago

Some states are trying to protect health care data so it isn’t used against people seeking abortions

Associated Press  

Some state governments and federal regulators were already moving to keep individuals’ reproductive health information private when a U.S. senator’s report last week offered a new jolt, describing how cellphone location data was used to send millions of anti-abortion ads to people who visited Planned Parenthood offices. Federal law bars medical providers from sharing health data without a patient’s consent …

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Column: How a legal loophole allows antiabortion prosecutors to obtain women’s secret health data
11 months, 1 week ago

Column: How a legal loophole allows antiabortion prosecutors to obtain women’s secret health data

LA Times  

Gen. Ken Paxton, a Republican, has threatened pharmacies with prosecution for shipping abortion pills through the mail. Since then, Wyden told me by email, “Republican states across the country have criminalized abortion.” That placed privacy “under threat like never before.” He said his goal is to urge “the executive branch to do everything in its power to stop far-right prosecutors …

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Oregon dropping AI tool used in child abuse cases
2 years, 6 months ago

Oregon dropping AI tool used in child abuse cases

Associated Press  

Child welfare officials in Oregon will stop using an algorithm to help decide which families are investigated by social workers, opting instead for a new process that officials say will make better, more racially equitable decisions. Oregon’s Department of Human Services announced to staff via email last month that after “extensive analysis” the agency’s hotline workers would stop using the …

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