By skyforbes 
What Happens When Privacy Is Used as a Weapon of Immigrants
I read about very concerning situations from the US recently and want to share my thoughts briefly in this story.
In a troubled world where trust is the cornerstone of public health, recent revelations about the Trump administration’s sharing of Medicaid data with immigration authorities are deeply troubling. It breaks our hearts.
A coalition of 20 states, including California, Washington, and Illinois, has filed a lawsuit accusing federal agencies of violating privacy laws by handing over health information on non-citizens to the Department of Homeland Security.
At the heart of this legal battle is a question comes to mind much bigger than politics: Can people trust the health system to protect them? Or has health data quietly become a tool for fear, control, and deportation?
Healthcare Should Be a Safe Zone
Medicaid, by design, provides essential medical care to society’s most vulnerable, people who are poor, sick, disabled, or otherwise disenfranchised.
In several states, that includes undocumented immigrants who are eligible for certain state-funded programs. Many of these…