Went to the ER? The Trump administration may want your medical records

Why is a tiny federal agency demanding detailed medical records from emergency room visits? That’s a question that, as yet, doesn’t have a good answer. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has been pressuring executives from at least 100 hospitals to start sending detailed medical records by the end of the year, according to an internal memo obtained as part of an investigation by KFF Health News. This would mean that hospitals would be required to hand over the personally identifiab...