In all likelihood you were not aware or were not made aware of the fact that somewhere in your insurance paperwork was a notice about this data sharing.
Maybe not.
Data sharing is the standard MO in commercial insurance to protect against issuing a disability policy or life policy at normal rates to someone who is already diagnosed with a debilitating or likely debilitating (or worse) condition.
Did the VA fill your scripts at a VA facility? Or were the RXs filled by a chain? I assume the VA prescribed them.
It may be that the VA medical ecosystem (or for that matter Medicaid Medicare etc. ) is prohibited by law from sharing this data. Or perhaps it should be. If it is prohibited then either this was a one off in your case or a widespread violation.
I’m sorry this happened to you.
Oops wrong poster responded to
This was for the original poster. FightingKentuckian
Ive had prescriptions filled at the VA however the overwhelming majority of my prescriptions are filled on military Installations by the base pharmacy by military or DAC personnel. I’ve used Ft Gordon, Ft Hood, NAS Oceana, and Ft Huachuca. All of those are DoD and records from these places should not end up on the open market. Thats a big part of my complaint. If they have my info from these places they likely have medical info on active duty as well. That’s a YUGE breach of security, clearly an OPSEC violation.