You Should Know: Federal government to seize medical records without a warrant

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Each time you climb up on a doctor’s exam table or roll up your sleeve for a blood draw, somebody makes a note of it in your medical records. Back in the day, your doctor scribbled notes on a paper chart. That still happens sometimes, but many health care providers now keep electronic records. You might hear medical people call these EHRs — short for electronic health records.

Many Americans are aware of certain aspects of the ongoing assault on our rights to privacy. We know, for instance, that the NSA collects metadata regarding our phone calls and that law enforcement agencies are using sophisticated technology to track our movements and listen in on phone calls (whether we have committed a crime or not).

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