40% of Health Care Insurers and Agencies Lost Data since 2004

Not sure I am surprised, but we should know how vulnerable we are—because so much of our sensitive data is spread around. ConsumerAffairs has got this story.

A report issued by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals that privacy breaches have been rampant among state, national, and military health care agency contractors since 2004.

According to the GAO report, 40 percent of health insurance contractors and state Medicare/Medicaid offices experienced data breaches in the last two years.