Thread: IRS SUED FOR STEALING THE MEDICAL RECORDS OF 10 MILLION AMERICANS

IRS SUED FOR STEALING THE MEDICAL RECORDS OF 10 MILLION AMERICANS



By: John Hayward
5/15/2013 10:48 AM

The last scandal dampening rods just failed, and the reactor core at the Internal Revenue service may be about to blow. From Healthcare IT News:

The Internal Revenue Service is now facing a class action lawsuit over allegations that it improperly accessed and stole the health records of some 10 million Americans, including medical records of all California state judges.

According to a report by Courthousenews.com, an unnamed HIPAA-covered entity in California is suing the IRS, alleging that some 60 million medical records from 10 million patients were stolen by 15 IRS agents. The personal health information seized on March 11, 2011, included psychological counseling, gynecological counseling, sexual/drug treatment and other medical treatment data.

“This is an action involving the corruption and abuse of power by several Internal Revenue Service agents,” the complaint reads. “No search warrant authorized the seizure of these records; no subpoena authorized the seizure of these records; none of the 10,000,000 Americans were under any kind of known criminal or civil investigation and their medical records had no relevance whatsoever to the IRS search.

“IT personnel at the scene, a HIPPA facility warning on the building and the IT portion of the searched premises, and the company executives each warned the IRS agents of these privileged records,” it continued.

How much money is on the line in this suit? Oh, a mere $25,000 in compensatory damages. Per violation. Which adds up to “a minimum of $250 billion.”

Has Congress begun those emergency sessions to shut down ObamaCare yet? What else do they need to hear?

http://www.humanevents.com/2013/05/1...ion-americans/

It is time to get rid of the IRS and use the fair tax system, where everybody pays taxes and the IRS stays out of our lives.

I told various senators when the health care bill was being considered this bill would be a disaster for the American citizens once they have your health records any freedom we retain will be gone.