Judge orders HHS to stop sharing Medicaid data with deportation officials

A federal judge ordered HHS to stop giving deportation officials access to the personal information — including home addresses — of all 79 million Medicaid enrollees. HHS first handed over the personal data on millions of Medicaid enrollees in a handful of states in June. After an Associated Press report identified the new policy, 20 states filed a lawsuit to stop its implementation. The order, issued by federal Judge Vince Chhabria in California, temporarily halts the health department from sharing personal data of enrollees in those 20 states, which include California, Arizona, Washington and New York.