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#emergencyroom — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. "Democrats demand Trump administration halt collection of patients’ ER records"

    #GiftLink = oregonlive.com/health/2026/09/

    "A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling for the Trump administration to suspend a new surveillance program it quietly launched to collect the personal and identifiable health data of Americans who visit emergency rooms."

    #USPol #Oregon #Privacy #HealthCare #EmergencyRoom #Surveillance

  2. CW: Long thread/13

    Heard of the "surprise billing epidemic"? That's where you go to a hospital that's covered by your insurer, only to discover - after the fact - that the #EmergencyRoom is operated by a separate, PE-backed company that charges you thousands for junk fees. KKR and #Blackstone invented this scam, then funneled millions into fighting the #NoSurprisesAct, which more-or-less killed it:

    pluralistic.net/2020/04/21/all

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