Viewpoint

—The Moral Calamity of Using Medicaid Data for Immigration Enforcement

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2025.16900

September 04, 2025 at 11:05 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint lays out the consequences of the proposed agreement to share Medicaid patient data with the Department of Homeland Security and offers advice to clinicians and health care administrators on how to protect patients.

Corresponding Author: Patricia Mae G. Santos, MD, MS, Radiation Oncology, Emory University Winship Cancer Institute, 1365-A Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322 (patricia.mae.garcia.santos@emory.edu).

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