Covered California Invades Californians' Privacy

Townhall ^ | december 7 2013 | Carol Platt Liebau

[gooblah]

Without seeking anyone's permission, government workers at Covered California took it upon themselves to give insurers the names and contact information for tens of thousands of Californians who came on the web site to check out their health care options -- but left without purchasing insurance.

[alexander_busek]

"Contact information" like Social Security numbers, no. of dependents, marital status, health information, sexual orientation, etc., right?

Regards,

[cradle of freedom]

Feel the love from your federal government. More to come.

[Paulie]

In earlier days this would have been a slam-dunk for an attorney. And for big bucks too.

But today we live in obamaland, where rule of law and legal liability are of no concern.

[publius911]

Without seeking anyone's permission, government workers at Covered California took it upon themselves to give insurers the names and contact information for tens of thousands of Californians who came on the web site to check out their health care options -- but left without purchasing insurance.

This presumptuous megalomaniac and his puppet masters have gotten away with an endless series of monstrous Constitutional crimes, with no accountability nor proportional actual punishment in sight.

Where is the effective opposition?
Is it insane to think that no lawful ways to oppose remain?
Or is it insane not to?

[The Antiyuppie]

Yes, but doesn’t it say somewhere on the site, “no expectation of privacy”?

They weren’t kidding.

But, look at the bright side: maybe the government could sell that data to marketing types for big bucks, which would help pay for this!

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[JerseyHighlander]

Going through a few links, here is the source of the story:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-exchange-names-disclosed-20131207,0,1224576.story#axzz2mmgVIRmO

If this is true, it’s both a state and Federal crime. one significant enough that any insurance company, insurance brokerage, insurance agent who contacts these people would be up for losing his California health insurance license, as well as face severe financial penalties on a per event basis.

It’s a direct violation of the Federal HIPPAA law, it’s actually the exact example used in yearly HIPPAA retraining seminars on what is explicitly illegal under the law.

The state level Departments of Insurance ARE regulated under Federal HIPPAA law. This is a direct violation. This will be litigated, and it will be in the news for a long time.