Medical providers block patients from opting out of data sharing
Source: The Markup
Healthcare systems are obscuring consent mechanisms—stating patients can refuse data sharing while withholding the actual opt-out procedures. This creates plausible deniability for institutions profiting from sales of patient records to insurers, drug makers, and data brokers, while leaving vulnerable consumers navigating medical crises to discover the process themselves. The gap between stated rights and actionable procedures has become deliberate policy.