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Posted on 05/15/2013 7:30:24 AM PDT by Lacey
he 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.
According to the case, the IRS agents had a search warrant for financial data pertaining to a former employee of the John Doe company, however, "it did not authorize any seizure of any healthcare or medical record of any persons, least of all third parties completely unrelated to the matter," the complaint read.
The class action lawsuit against the IRS seeks $25,000 in compensatory damages "per violation per individual" in addition to punitive damages for constitutional violations. Thus, compensatory damages could start at a minimum of $250 billion.
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His does one find out if their records were unlawfully obtained and can join this class action?
You can bet your bottom dollar, I will mine, that these ‘several’ are not just a group of ‘several’ but part of a cabal to not only have immediate consequences on some people but also to set the stage for the much wider use of government on other selected persons. There are corrupt and evil people throughout the whole web of government.
I’m not sure why the article has to specify California judges out of a pool of 10,000,000 people who had their record stolen. I’d bet this has a lot more to do with blackmailing / extorting corporations than any couple of judges.
BTTT a million times over!!!!
bkmk
There’s a timeline of the litigation at the bottom of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_California . By March of 2011 the issue was in the federal court, with the state courts having run their course.
all probablly will be the Accorn workers!
“They would have to shut the whole place down for months to fire the number of people necessary to correct the problems.”
And make everyone pay quarterly estimated taxes during that period. THAT would wake a lot of people up!
15 IRS agents stole 60million records? Sounds like it was their full time job.
Going to a physician that doesn’t use electronic records will be a very good idea from now on, especially for primary care. Paying out of pocket is also a good idea.
Not on the same subject but I’ve consistently thrown away the USDA farm census. I eventually got a call from some staffer asking if I got the forms. I said no. She said that they sent them to the same address as my tax return. I said I thought that was confidential information even between agencies and asked for her name so I could contact my congresscreep. She could not get off the phone fast enough.
This is a government worth of fearing.
“Not on the same subject,” but all parts of the same evil, ominous pattern and regime.
Your post is truer then most care to admit.
noinfringers2~:” ...to not only have immediate consequences on some people but also to set the stage for the much wider use of government on other selected persons. “
There is a real concern since a government agency has been used for data mining
Imagine what could be done with medical records , psychological testing , divorce records, credit reports ,etc.
Plus, there will soon be a massive government operating data mining center set up in Utah
Your post is truer then most care to admit.
NRO has picked up the story. http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/348382/irs-agents-stole-60-million-medical-records-legal-complaint-alleges
It is time to celebrate the Battle of Athens with a live action demonstration on a much larger scale.
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