A group of Democratic House members demanded Trump administration officials on Monday to stop sharing data of Medicaid enrollees – including their immigration status – with the Department of Homeland Security.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz will hold a news briefing at 2:45 p.m. ET. Watch in the player above.
The request came in a letter sent by eight lawmakers to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The letter was sent in response to an Associated Press report this month that detailed how deportation officials had obtained the sensitive data over the objections of career health officials.
The data could assist federal agents in finding migrants. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Adriano Espaillat, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, were among those who signed the letter. It follows a letter sent last week by Democratic senators to Kennedy and other Trump appointees.
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