Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, the state's largest health insurer, accidentally published a customer's personal medical information in a handbook prepared for 95,000 members of a popular healthcare plan, according to the woman's attorney. The unnamed woman filed a lawsuit this week in Hennepin County, Minn., District Court, accusing Blue Cross of violating the Minnesota Health Records Act and breaching her privacy by disclosing her name and providing confidential information about her medical treatment.
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