Trump administration personnel agency is asking for federal workers' medical records

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CBS News

April 8, 2026 / 5:00 AM EDT


The Trump administration is quietly seeking unprecedented access to medical records for millions of federal workers and retirees, and their families.

A brief notice from the Office of Personnel Management could dramatically change which personally identifiable medical information the agency obtains, giving it the power to see prescriptions employees had filled or what treatment they sought from doctors. The regulation would require 65 insurance companies that cover more than 8 million Americans — including federal workers, retired members of Congress, mail carriers, and their immediate family members — to provide monthly reports to OPM with identifiable health data on their members.

The proposal is prompting unease from insurers as well as health policy and legal experts, who are concerned about the legality of OPM acquiring such a sweeping database of sensitive health information, and the agency's ability to safeguard it. OPM could use the data to analyze costs and improve the system, said Sharona Hoffman, a health law ethicist at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio.

"But," she said, "they are going to get very, very detailed and granular data about everything that happens. The concern here is the more information they have, they could use it to discipline or target people who are not cooperating politically." OPM spokespeople did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-federal-workers-medical-records/

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Now THIS is gonna impact me and many other current and retired feds (at least those who use the FEHB (Federal Employees Health Benefits).

This would only hit a tiny few members of Congress who are still there, pre-ACA (2010) and grandfathered to FEHB (along with retired members), as the newer members of Congress were required to go on one of the ACA exchanges. But perhaps those who are still on the FEHB, will kick up enough fuss to kill this bullshit asap.

[The Blue Flower]

1. What about HIPPA laws?

This can't be legal.

[Nittersing]

2. Can anybody stop them?

[usaf-vet]

12. The moment he turns over all of his medical records NON-DOCTORER

THEN maybe we will talk about it until then F-OFF

[Deep State Witch]

3. WTF??

I don't want them to know what medications me or my husband are on? What's the purpose of this fishing trip?

[Hugin]

4. One goal of project 2025 was to be able to target individuals for dissent...

Or merely because they don't like the cut of their jib. It's punitive.

A smite button as it were

This is what makes Russell Vought in the shadows one of the most creepy figures in the Turd Reich.

[TommyT139]

8. As well as

...people who are trans, HIV+, using PrEP (which includes a high percentage of gay men, besides other people), or taking any one of the available medications to support sobriety from drugs and alcohol.

Oh, and people using medical contraception (also on the target list).

[Hugin]

10. Yeah, oral contraception is high on the hit list.

I'm glad you brought it up Trump is only a means to these creeps. They have been brewing this hate since the days of yore.

[Autumn]

5. What is Hippa for?

[MLWR]

6. Does anyone remember Nancy Reagan?

"Just say, NO." This entire attempt is ILLEGAL. And TACO finally needs to learn that he doesn't get everything he wants.

[twodogsbarking]

7. Send stool samples. Let them figure it out.

[maliaSmith]

9. Retired federal employee here

As a retired federal employee who still uses the FEHB for my main health insurance with Medicare Part A, I protest giving the federal government my personal medical information. It's a violation of the HIPPA law to give out our personal medical information without our permission. Trump's cronies don't need my personal data and I want to sign on as a class action lawsuit to stop them from doing this.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

11. Russell Vought

Needs to disappear.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

13. I'm a retired Fed. I've been bracing myself for something like this. I knew it would happen eventually.

[valleyrogue]

14. Scott Kupor is head of OPM. n/t