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  • OPM wants federal workers’ medical records - April 9, 2026
  • A proposal would require insurers to turn over detailed, identifiable health data on 8 million feds and their families.

    Amanda Seitz and Maia Rosenfeld, KFF Health News, Government Executive

    The Trump administration is quietly seeking unprecedented access to medical records for millions of federal workers and retirees, and their families.

    A brief notice from the Office of Personnel Management could dramatically change which personally identifiable medical information the agency obtains, giving it the power to see prescriptions employees had filled or what treatment they sought from doctors. The regulation would require 65 insurance companies that cover more than 8 million Americans — including federal workers, retired members of Congress, mail carriers, and their immediate family members — to provide monthly reports to OPM with identifiable health data on their members.

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