Cal INDEX

The day after Anthem Blue Cross revealed that millions of customers’ information had been hacked, Consumer Watchdog and Patient Privacy Rights called on Cal INDEX, the health information database created by Anthem and Blue Shield of California, to allow consumers to opt-in rather than force them to opt-out. “The Anthem hack makes clear that no company can guarantee their customers’ information will be protected. Without that guarantee, consumers must have the ability to prevent their information from being shared before it occurs,” wrote Carmen Balber, Executive Director of Consumer Watchdog and Deborah C. Peel, MD, Founder and Chair of Patient Privacy Rights in a letter to the CEO of Cal INDEX...

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