DOGE’s Access to Health, Financial Records Draws Union Challenge

Elon Musk‘s US government efficiency initiative is unlawfully gaining access to Americans’ health and financial data, according to an updated complaint by a coalition of unions and worker groups.

Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has or intends to access information systems at the Department of Health and Human Services and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau without the necessary legal authority, the Feb. 11 complaint claims.

“DOGE is violating multiple laws, from constitutional limits on executive power, to laws protecting civil servants from arbitrary threats and adverse action, to crucial protections for government data,” the complaint says.

The coalition bringing the ...