MyChart and a major hospital said I could opt out of sharing my health data. But they didn’t make it easy

A health story from California, reported by CalMatters.

Health · California · October 15, 2026

From CalMatters

My journey included a notary, a hospital that won’t honor its own policies and employees that gave me wrong information.

Reported by CalMatters, October 15, 2026. Read the full story at CalMatters →

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