Mehmet Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, speaks during a press conference on health care fraud enforcement at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC on June 30, 2025. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP)
Last week, the Trump administration announced it is launching a new program that will allow Americans to share personal health data and medical records across health systems and apps run by private tech companies, promising that this will make it easier to access health records and monitor wellness.
CMS will be in charge of maintaining the system, and officials have said patients will need to opt in for the sharing of their medical records and data, which will be kept secure.
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CMS already has troves of information on more than 140 million Americans who enroll in Medicare and Medicaid. Earlier this month, the federal agency agreed to hand over its massive database, including home addresses, to deportation officials.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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