US OPM Health Insurance Data Collection Plan Draws Concern

House Democrats Are the Latest to Raise Data Collection Privacy, Security Alarms Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • April 21, 2026

A plan by the U.S. federal agency that oversees federal benefits that would require insurers to hand over the identifiable health data of civil servants received pushback from House of Representatives Democrats who said it throws up privacy and security risks.

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The Office of Personnel Management in December published a notice soliciting public comment on agency plans to collect "service use and cost data" from federal employee and postal service health benefit carriers including medical claims, pharmacy claims, encounter data and provider data.

Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee said in an April 17 letter that the Trump administration ...