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highplainsdem

(62,392 posts) Thu Apr 9, 2026, 09:58 PM 19 hrs ago

HHS to Employ Biometrics in Health Records Portal for Seniors

Source: Bloomberg Law

The Trump administration announced it will roll out an online health portal that will allow seniors to access their health records through facial recognition software.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will partner with biometric security platforms Clear and ID.me to verify patients’ identities. Once logged in, seniors can then instantly share medical records with health-care providers, eliminating the need for clipboards and manual data entry, the agency said.

Trump administartion officials say they hope to launch the full initiative around July 4.

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Read more: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/hhs-to-employ-biometrics-in-health-records-portal-for-seniors/

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HHS to Employ Biometrics in Health Records Portal for Seniors (Original Post) highplainsdem 19 hrs ago OP

No thanks. SheltieLover 19 hrs ago #1

Nope... 2naSalit 18 hrs ago #2

I've read that it's less secure than a good password changed frequently. highplainsdem 6 hrs ago #8

And then what... dgauss 18 hrs ago #3

How is that different from the. "MY Portal " in my doctors' that contains records of visits with all of them? 3Hotdogs 17 hrs ago #4

there are no clipboards or manual data entry Nigrum Cattus 17 hrs ago #5

Papers please! No longer needed. Scanners in airports, on the streets Buddyzbuddy 16 hrs ago #6

Of course I'd like all my health information from all health providers to be in one place, so I don't have to review progree 10 hrs ago #7

They don't want it to protect your data Miguelito Loveless 5 hrs ago #9

Ummmm.... No Deep State Witch 4 hrs ago #10

SheltieLover

(80,840 posts)

1. No thanks.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 10:09 PM

19 hrs ago

2naSalit

(103,078 posts)

2. Nope...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 10:11 PM

18 hrs ago

Not going to use it.

highplainsdem

(62,392 posts)

8. I've read that it's less secure than a good password changed frequently.

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 10, 2026, 10:43 AM

6 hrs ago

dgauss

(1,555 posts)

3. And then what...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 10:48 PM

18 hrs ago

3Hotdogs

(15,394 posts)

4. How is that different from the. "MY Portal " in my doctors' that contains records of visits with all of them?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:24 PM

17 hrs ago

Nigrum Cattus

(1,332 posts)

5. there are no clipboards or manual data entry

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 11:47 PM

17 hrs ago

some of my Dr's have voice recorders during procedures
it's just another data grab - they want those data centers full

Buddyzbuddy

(2,684 posts)

6. Papers please! No longer needed. Scanners in airports, on the streets

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2026, 12:46 AM

16 hrs ago

ring cameras, protest scans. Nah, I wait til f*ckmeister is gone.

Don't forget the new thought crimes division that googly eyes is starting up at the FBI. So much for the less gov't claims by Republicans.

progree

(13,015 posts)

7. Of course I'd like all my health information from all health providers to be in one place, so I don't have to review

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2026, 07:06 AM

10 hrs ago

them in pieces, provider-by-provider.

But it scares me that I HAVE to provide biometric information to access it. To this administration. OMFG!

Note: I couldn't read more than 3 sentences because it was paywalled. I went to archive.ph and found the article
https://archive.ph/2EyjH

But, oh well, it's the same thing -- just a few sentences and a demand to log in to see more.

Miguelito Loveless

(5,782 posts)

9. They don't want it to protect your data

Reply to progree (Reply #7)

Fri Apr 10, 2026, 11:59 AM

5 hrs ago

they want the biometric data for their surveillance system

Deep State Witch

(12,731 posts)

10. Ummmm.... No

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Apr 10, 2026, 01:04 PM

4 hrs ago

As someone who is on the cusp of fitting into that category, no. As someone with an 84-year-old aunt who needs us to fix her computer, definitely not.

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