Had to look at this local TEXAS headline twice but yes - accessing any citizen’s private Medicare data is, in fact, AGAINST THE LAW. Lawyer friends, here’s a super relevant case study. Go! www.ksat.com/news/texas/2... - ThreadSky

lisaloe.bsky.social • 83 days ago

Had to look at this local TEXAS headline twice but yes - accessing any citizen’s private Medicare data is, in fact, AGAINST THE LAW.

Lawyer friends, here’s a super relevant case study. Go!

https://www.ksat.com/news/texas/2025/02/04/two-more-state-employees-fired-after-accessing-texans-private-information/

Comments

chelittle.bsky.social•82 days ago

Absolutely.Im definitely going to be utilizing my legal benefits once I catch them. & after I win those cases I might actually be able to retire a millionaire.Not exactly the kind of lottery I was looking for but I'll take that money & bye-bye.I'll find a country that actually believes in democracy

topazale.bsky.social•82 days ago

Hello from Ireland. Plenty for room for non MAGA’s. You’ll have to suffer socialism. I mean I know you guys love to loose your houses when you get sick because of the high cost of medical care, but I’m afraid that doesn’t happen here. Would you be ok with that?

chelittle.bsky.social•82 days ago

Anywhere But here. And I can definitely handle a little bit of social healthcare. Although that's quite a stretch across the pond I might have to go to Canada first. Still weighing my options. One thing for sure I'll never support the United States of America again if I'm forced out

topazale.bsky.social•82 days ago

I’ll never return. It was once my home away from home. Even my best friend as much as she gripes and moans does little else and makes excuses as to why she can’t leave though she’s voiced it enough she wants to over the years and works remotely. She likes to think she’s not part of the problem but…

chelittle.bsky.social•82 days ago

It's never easy just to pack up and move. But if things get bad enough you'll be surprised what you'll do

pseudopigraphia.bsky.social•82 days ago

Elon Musk should be prosecuted by states attorneys.

datafourmiles.bsky.social•82 days ago

Absolutely. I had to go through a criminal background check to work with Medicare data.

mkolanda.bsky.social•82 days ago

Don’t worry. I fear Musk will be providing it soon enough.

valleyboy77.bsky.social•82 days ago

😅🤣😂 as if AGAINST THE LAW means anything anymore.

berncomar.bsky.social•82 days ago

robingilbert.bsky.social•83 days ago

I don't think "law" is anything that trump or president musk is concerned about. Who will enforce the law?

valleyboy77.bsky.social•82 days ago

I said pretty much the same thing.

angryplumber.bsky.social•82 days ago

Very true. The rights we thought we had we never did, in fact they were just conditional privileges. Anytime a fucktard president like trump can, in two weeks, take away rights, just means they were never ours in the first place. FDT.

radpe.bsky.social•82 days ago

Unless your name is Musk

ryanbnnash.bsky.social•82 days ago

And, by the way..

endicottroad.bsky.social•82 days ago

Musk and his minions should be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

badassbitchbrigade.bsky.social•82 days ago

When are they nailing musk and his boy band to the wall?

alfredinglethorp.bsky.social•82 days ago

I get all the legal objections but this is why they seized control of the SC first, and secured immunity for the prez second. None of this touches him. They will keep doing what they are doing unless physically stopped, eg by a general strike or crash in the markets.

mrsdridge.bsky.social•82 days ago

I can think of other ways to physically stop them, but it's best not to use those words on social media.

respectoakland.bsky.social•82 days ago

Maybe yes, maybe no. 1) There's a difference between a line employee and an agency head. 2) This is under TX law. 3) MOST importantly do you think lawyers just walk into court and say "looky here"? They need a client with standing and money.
Am 100% certain State AGs are on this.

fooyoo2.bsky.social•82 days ago

That’s why all the HIPAA content was wiped from the websites last wk

csconradesq.bsky.social•82 days ago

IF you are retired, or close to retirement, it's time to call your congresscritter and ask why an admitted polydrug user and ketamine addict has been given control overall Social Security and Medicare payments.
This is insane.
Call now, call often. Flood their phones.

signalman67.bsky.social•82 days ago

America needs to hear this. Stop the pearl clutching and feigned outrage. That is a failed strategy of the DNC. Hoping people would vote FOR Democrats, while offering no real agenda, just to vote AGAINST Trump was pompous, arrogant, and asinine. The fight is in the streets, not a courtroom.

jaymee513.bsky.social•82 days ago

@sranderson.bsky.social

sanchezroger.bsky.social•82 days ago

Please SHARE or the idea ends with you ~ Boycott the Super Bowl. Players (just need a few) and fans. Demonstrate our power. We won't perform or break for games. WE CONTROL impact and outcome. Manifest strength. Demonstrate control of reality and outcome to EVERYONE. Believe, amplify, and act.

luvsoldat.bsky.social•82 days ago

If you’re unable to make it to a protest today at noon. Please wear blue as an act of solidarity. If you’re going talk the talk you must also walk the walk. Fighting for a cause is rarely convenient but it is essential.

impulse-buyer.bsky.social•82 days ago

And yet Musk thinks that he is above the law.
I want. to. see. him. Dead.
Or at the very least held by Houthi rebels in an underground salt mine, for at least three years.

mialp.bsky.social•82 days ago

@usdemocracy.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov if you can get Musk onto a witness stand he’ll have to admit illegal activity or perjure himself.

2wheeledzombie.bsky.social•82 days ago

Its called hipaa law

timharbert.bsky.social•82 days ago

How can people help fund that's suits with small donations?

buebs.bsky.social•82 days ago

https://www.impeachtrumpagain.org/?nvep=&hmac=&emci=b7ec0ad0-49d7-ef11-88d0-0022482a9d92&emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&ceid=#action

lmacb.bsky.social•82 days ago

@marcelias.bsky.social

silverfox9.bsky.social•82 days ago

Here’s the list of the young men that helped MuskRat gain information at the USAID bldg over the wknd your welcome!

neighborlee.bsky.social•82 days ago

Nice ty for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!

tjk74.bsky.social•82 days ago

allietoday.bsky.social•82 days ago

How is this even a question anymore?
Why haven't they removed him from all govt buildings and removed all his access?

actnsang192.bsky.social•82 days ago

📌

silkgirl101.bsky.social•81 days ago

Unless you're Musl & his Nazi Youth Hackers.
Resistance isn't futile.
Revolution is necessary.
🌊🇺🇸🇺🇦🌈🟧🌍💙

tovahsummer.bsky.social•82 days ago

Judges get busy. Many are appointed for life. Not to worry about a early forced resignation buy out deadline.

bishof.bsky.social•82 days ago

No one is allowed to have access to private medical files unless for strict medical purposes…

ojerly.bsky.social•82 days ago

Well golly gee, what's good for Tex-ass should be good for the Federal government amirite?

rosemarynj.bsky.social•82 days ago

Just hope they don’t take as long as Merrick Garland

traceyhtweet.bsky.social•82 days ago

Didn’t Leon and his bunch of henchmen just access HHS and medicare?
Arrest them.

loveon9.bsky.social•82 days ago

"The firings bring to nine the total of HHSC employees terminated in the last year for accessing private information without a legitimate reason."

trinitymarch.bsky.social•82 days ago

Maybe president for lawsuits against the S African Nazi?

seattlek8.bsky.social•82 days ago

What law?
Immunity, Baby!!

daisyanne.bsky.social•83 days ago

Oh that’s probably why he deleted the HIPPA, OSHA and other regulations off government sites but pretty sure that does not them make it legal . Perhaps it makes I harder for people to find the information to tell them it’s illegal but it doesn’t change the laws .

wasabi-the-void.bsky.social•82 days ago

He’s probably enough of a dipshit to believe “if they can’t search it they can’t enforce it.”

premoe-williams.bsky.social•82 days ago

Which also would apply to VA records

elliotfisk.bsky.social•83 days ago

Someone tell me how this is so highly illegal at State level (which I agree should be), but what’s happening at the US Government level it isn’t? Or it is, and somehow the folks that #presidentmusk sent into the treasury dept. will face justice. I’m truly curious and likely not as smart as yall.

teresamcmahan.bsky.social•82 days ago

well for one your state senator and state congressman is involved as well or it would have stopped already.

elliotfisk.bsky.social•82 days ago

The sellouts I’m fully aware of. I’m just wondering who and what is gonna stop the purge? Mind boggling

reebuskneebus.bsky.social•82 days ago

What are all these lawyers going to do, now that everything they spent many years learning means nothing?
I'm serious.
From what I can see, the law means nothing unless Trump says it does.

onecaliberal.bsky.social•82 days ago

So is Mr cowboy going after the bot?

survivinnotthrivin.bsky.social•82 days ago

@schumer.senate.gov @repjasmine.bsky.social @maxwellfrost.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @cantwell.senate.gov @murray.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov y’all going to put them in jail yet? I would imagine accessing federal databases is illegal as well.

jazzisblue.bsky.social•82 days ago

This article is strange. It frames the issue as a problem with working remotely. Employees are required to appropriately safeguard information regardless of work location.

okblue.bsky.social•82 days ago

How is it possible Texas cares more for the personal information if its citizens than the United States? Wonder what safeguards Stitt is proposing in OK for the DOGE-OK plan. If states and the federal government don’t take action, lucrative civil suits should follow. Threat of ID theft is serious.

r-maralia.bsky.social•82 days ago

Against the Law - Did you say?!

tripoley1966.bsky.social•82 days ago

Musk: we’re trying to save the government money.
Federal government goes bankrupt due to class action lawsuit brought by 330 million Americans.

hardygirl8.bsky.social•81 days ago

Sign me the fuck up!

babayaga52.bsky.social•82 days ago

I'm in Arizona and I've gotten a couple of sketchy calls looking to "update" my Medicare info. They wanted me to read my Medicare ID number to them. I said if they were legit, they could read it to me and I could confirm. He hung up.

carlwagner88.bsky.social•82 days ago

✅👁👁

georgieyoda.bsky.social•82 days ago

What about Crazymusk?

beachreader60.bsky.social•82 days ago

They can do the same to musk and his minions.

itiswolfgirl.bsky.social•82 days ago

But musk can do whatever

hittielove2.bsky.social•82 days ago

Are they copy-catting Musk?

lawson70.bsky.social•82 days ago

Suspect only being prosecuted because they were stealing from the “state” by fraudulently using the recipient’s benefits.

bambooshooti.bsky.social•83 days ago

There are only piecemeal federal privacy laws but states (including red states) have meaningful privacy laws. It will take state-by-state action but that could be powerful.

tinkerbell-24.bsky.social•82 days ago

I filed a complaint against Elon Musk with the California Personal Privacy Agency https://cppa.ca.gov for accessing my private Social Security and Medicare records at the US Department of the Treasury. I’m going to add the names of the six young men who transferred data to unknown servers.

tinkerbell-24.bsky.social•82 days ago

Meant to say CA Privacy Protection Agency

alisonmooncat.bsky.social•82 days ago

When I worked for the Canadian government, I was only allowed to access information in our systems that was pertinent to my workload. If I went to check anything else I could be fired and I only had access to our internal HR systems. They took privacy very seriously.

neurospark.bsky.social•82 days ago

And bring it in state courts.

saraaatkins.bsky.social•83 days ago

@scanlon.house.gov

topazale.bsky.social•82 days ago

From what I can see there are two rules of law. One for you and one for Trumps people. I mean there always was but now they are in your face with it daring you to do something about it. And I’m not seeing much coming from the Dems if I’m honest. Fight or loose the USA as you know it. Simple as that.

topazale.bsky.social•82 days ago

Silver lining… Maybe someone will leak Captain Bone Spurs REAL medical files??!!!

khegler2024.bsky.social•82 days ago

Good work.

vantablackpharaoh.bsky.social•82 days ago

The States are fighting back.

tired67.bsky.social•82 days ago

We need to respond to the urgent matter - the Coup taking place. It’s not “downsizing” govt when they have thousands of people “vetted” to take these jobs. They are “replacing” our govt. PROTEST NOW. There’s 50 protests TODAY in 50 States. MASS PROTESTS NOW! https://nypost.com/2025/02/04/u...

immcgill.bsky.social•82 days ago

We don't need no stinking laws! This is Texas. First world state with third world thinking.

askgma.bsky.social•82 days ago

Class action lawsuit against Elmo and the boys?

maximus7.bsky.social•82 days ago

That is most certaInly a HIPPA violation at the highest. Not a lawyer, but I have worked in Network Cybersecurity in Healthcare for 15 years, we have to go through HIPPA training every year.

coldfact1776.bsky.social•82 days ago

So Musk broke the law. fine him billions. won't stop him.

grimmthereddeath.bsky.social•82 days ago

But Texas is ok with what’s going on in DC?

sneadly.bsky.social•82 days ago

Texas’ Department of Hypocrisy, Ted Cruz is ranking member, can twist, rationalize, or lie the state into accepting any set of conflicting circumstances you can name. We started with LBJ, but the program really kicked into gear with Bush II.

shereades.bsky.social•82 days ago

So if Texans can be fired for illegally accessing citizens private information well
Musk is a Texans maybe he could be expedited back because I am sure there are a lot of Texans in our Federal Computers
Never forget Everything trump touches dies Has been proven year after year

oraclestwin.bsky.social•82 days ago

I keep thinking of Snowden stealing info and being in hiding in Russia for treason, and yet a musk has accessed and likely stolen EVERY AMERICANS personal information and nothing?!?!?!

mindwalkermana.bsky.social•82 days ago

Well see Snowden stole and disseminated secrets he was not authorized to steal or disseminate. Trump has authorized Musk to steal our money and information and disseminate as Leon sees fit. See the difference? It's a subtle one.

oraclestwin.bsky.social•82 days ago

He only made him an official what yesterday - everything before was not authorized. And only Congress has authority over the money.

mindwalkermana.bsky.social•82 days ago

Oh, I know!!! I don't agree with it one bit. But the problem really lies in the fact that SCOTUS gave presidents unlimited power, regardless of legality so long as they don't get impeached. For my part - jail all the couping mofos including SCOTUS coup members Thomas & Alito and whoever else.

cerberusrex.bsky.social•81 days ago

And in Texas of all places.

darcymad.bsky.social•82 days ago

Fellow Texan. This is just getting nuts! What tf do we have HIPPA for?! Wait…guessing that’s next to go! JFC what a flaming clusterfuck.

mommabean.bsky.social•82 days ago

My son’s father got his food stamp stolen and we’re over here trying to figure out how that happened. Someone in the department had to steal the numbers there’s no other way you can do it.

clh71.bsky.social•82 days ago

Time for a class action lawsuit!

gsnyder.bsky.social•82 days ago

@aclu.org , @democracyforward.bsky.social ?

expatsy.bsky.social•82 days ago

https://5calls.org/issue/elon-musk-opm-gsa-takeover/

rilene.bsky.social•82 days ago

https://www.senate.gov/general/resources/pdf/senators_phone_list.pdf

stuffabouthockey.bsky.social•82 days ago

Meanwhile Elmo's going through personal files of everyone.

bobbygoode.bsky.social•82 days ago

States can save us too.

1wokepatriot.bsky.social•81 days ago

Arrest them NOW!

maryleem.bsky.social•82 days ago

Only in Texas

usctrojanage.bsky.social•82 days ago

Sounds like the Mafia State is infiltrating Texas.

robins-truth.bsky.social•82 days ago

Every move he makes in indeed inhumane. Before a mass exodus, be prepared at some point for denouncing citizenship
to be illegal. Right now we all have the right to stay and fight, or to become and ex-pat. At some point the right to leave may be a thing of the past. Stranger things have happened.

jesseking.bsky.social•82 days ago

Let's remember, Title 18 USC Sec 242 makes it a crime for a person(s) acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person(s) of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, punishable by death
🇺🇲🫡✌🏼

funkydrummer.bsky.social•82 days ago

If the DOJ is responsible for enforcing the law and decides not to do anything regarding Trump policies then what?

platapus1.bsky.social•82 days ago

What's good for texas is good for the Muskrat.

mvchaffee.bsky.social•82 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/mvchaffee.bsky.social/post/3lhfnwqibrk2b

cairistionaaoidh.bsky.social•83 days ago

❤️

catsfordemocracy.bsky.social•82 days ago

Stare decisis is for suckers

krismaon.bsky.social•82 days ago

It's called "PI" and whichever is more "stringent" is the one go to. Federal law is/was generally more stringent. It's why I believe Musk breaking Federal laws. PI "protected information" and concurrent with HIPPA.

yellowdog1955.bsky.social•82 days ago

I’ll sign my name to a class action suit.

3grands.bsky.social•82 days ago

They obviously don't care about the law. They think they can do whatever they damn well please.

endbillionaires.bsky.social•83 days ago

They bought food with other people’s food stamps since they had legal access to them. That’s an all time low.

practicalfractal.bsky.social•82 days ago

illegal access

democracydame.bsky.social•82 days ago

What about musk and cronies?

megamegame27.bsky.social•82 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/live/L4TYxs-SdLA?si=s5A56fJXD0JciyS8

monicz.bsky.social•82 days ago

Only Musk can do that.

pushka4u.bsky.social•82 days ago

Texas straight up is a very weird state like there’s no laws until there is .. it was ify 11 years ago when I moved there for most part people were very much mind your own business. Unfortunately 2016 happened and we know what happened from there.

allietoday.bsky.social•82 days ago

And now rich actors want to turn Texas into the new 'Hollywood'!!!

pushka4u.bsky.social•82 days ago

That’s been going on for a while .. what people don’t understand is like I said .. very pay to play.

There’s a big misconception Texas is cheaper to live, it’s not .. property taxes are higher than California and food is the same cost. Gas is cheaper only because of access.

Wait for the tariffs

srghart.bsky.social•82 days ago

In his play "Henry VI," Shakespeare wrote, "Kill all the lawyers!"

How would you update the line for today? Strictly as a literary exercise, of course.