Politico June 16, 2023
Two Democratic senators are concerned that Amazon’s virtual care platform is “harvesting” patient health data.
In a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy that Ben obtained exclusively, Sens. Peter Welch of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts point to recent reporting in The Washington Post that Amazon Clinic requires patients to sign a form that gives the company “complete” access to their consumer health information.
By signing, customers authorize Amazon to share their data and acknowledge that it’s not protected by HIPAA, the federal health privacy law.
“Amazon Clinic customers deserve to fully understand why Amazon is collecting their health care data and what the company is doing with it,” Welch and Warren wrote, complaining that the company hasn’t explained...
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