<h1>Twenty states sue federal government for sharing private Medicaid data with deportation officials violating HIPAA</h1> Twenty states filed a lawsuit alleging the federal administration violated privacy laws by sharing private Medicaid data of millions of enrollees with deportation officials. The Health Secretary's advisers ordered release of a dataset containing personal health information, addresses, names, social security numbers, and immigration status from certain states to the Department of Homeland Security. The data sharing involved state-funded Medicaid programs for non-citizens and was intended to support mass deportation efforts. State attorneys general claim the action violates federal health privacy laws including HIPAA, while federal officials defend the data transfer as legal and necessary to prevent misuse of Medicaid funds.