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Health Data Privacy and Healthcare Costs
The Federal Trade Commission has ordered a data company to stop selling location data from mobile devices when people visit healthcare facilities. Meanwhile, California residents face rising healthcare costs, with little clarity on how gubernatorial candidates plan to address the issue.
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KFF Health News
The Federal Trade Commission told a data company it could no longer sell data it collected from hundreds of millions of Americans’ mobile devices when people visited hospitals, dialysis clinics, or abortion clinics. But little is stopping other companies from doing so. In the absence of federal prot
2026-10-30 09:00 UTC
KFF Health News
In California, healthcare costs are rising faster than income and inflation, and 4 in 10 adults in the state say they’re paying down medical debt. With the governor’s race in full swing, it’s still not clear what the candidates would do to fix it.
2026-10-30 09:00 UTC