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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Jessica Glenza

REVEALED: Ice given access to medicaid data in move critics call a privacy betrayal - The Real Truth

a woman puts up images of people who have been detained
Teacher Deja Nebula sets up an art installation showing those who have been detained or deported by Ice in southern California, on 3 July. Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/AP

Medicaid officials have reportedly made an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) to allow agents to examine a database of Americans’ personal information – including home addresses, social security numbers and ethnicities.

The data sharing agreement will allow Ice to find “the location of aliens”, according to an agreement obtained by the Associated Press. Medicaid is the nation’s single largest health insurer, providing coverage for 79 million low-income, disabled and elderly people.

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