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January 2020

New and Improved ‘Health Freedom Minute’ from CCHF Debuts Today on 800+ Stations Nationwide

1-Minute Daily Radio Feature from Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Touches on the Most Timely Health Care Topics of Today

January 6, 2020

August 2019

HHS Proposal to Weaken Substance Abuse Privacy Rule Is the Wrong Direction for Patient Care

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Says Rather Than HHS’s Proposed Weakening of 42 CFR Part 2, All Patients Should Receive These ‘Stronger-than-HIPAA’ Protections of Private Medical Records

August 26, 2019


‘Give Doctors a Reason to Stay’

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Sends Suggestions to CMS/HHS for Focusing on Patients, Decreasing Regulatory Burdens and Cutting Costs

August 19, 2019


Contact Congress About 3 Critical Health Care Matters While They Are Home for Recess

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Lawmakers Must be Contacted About National Patient ID, Surprise Medical Bills and Genetic Research

August 12, 2019


31.6 Million Patients Affected by Data Breaches So Far in 2019—Double Entire Year in 2018—Why?

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: EHR Mandate Has Put Patients and Their Data in Harm’s Way

August 8, 2019


Trump’s Drug Importation Plan Doesn’t Address the Real Reason Behind High Drug Prices

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Says Once Third-Party Payers Are No Longer in Control, Drug Costs Will Be Manageable for Patients
August 5, 2019

July 2019

As of August 1, It’s Been 5 Years Since Minnesota Resumed Storing and Using Baby DNA After a Parent Lawsuit Forced Them to Stop

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Parents in Every State Need to Know If Their Newborn’s Genetic Blueprint Is Being Stored and Used
July 29, 2019


Health Plans Owning Doctors Is a Conflict of Interest—and Patients Pay the Price

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Says Patients Viewed as Financial Liabilities When Health Plans, Hospitals and Doctors Combine
July 22, 2019


When Trusted Physicians Are Cut Out of Patient Care Decisions

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Says Hospital Changes Due to Federal Payment Schemes Are Detrimental and Not Charitable
July 15, 2019


‘Lower Health Care Costs’ Bill Won’t Help Patients’ Pocketbooks, But Will Put Health Plans in Charge of What Doctors Get Paid

These Price Controls, Says Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom, Will Actually Raise Prices and Reduce Patient Access to Doctors
July 8, 2019

Three Years Later, ‘The Wedge’ Continues to Give Patients and Doctors a Pathway to Health Freedom

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Initiative Brings Patients and Doctors Together in a Third-Party-Free, Patient-Centered Network That Restores Simplicity, Affordability and Confidentiality
July 1, 2019

June 2019

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom and Co-Signers Urge President to Stop National Patient ID and Protect Medical Privacy

CCHF Says a Unique Patient Identifier Would be the End of Privacy and the Foundation of a National Health Data System and Socialized Medicine
June 26, 2019

As Trump Signs EO on Price Transparency, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Says EO Will Negatively Impact Patient Privacy and Autonomy

June 24, 2019

Clinic Closes After Massive Hack—Just One of the Many Dangers of Electronic Health Records

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Points to Pitfalls of EHRs in Award-Winning Book, ‘Big Brother in the Exam Room’
June 18, 2019

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Applauds Yesterday’s Federal Appeals Court Ruling on Retention and Use of Newborn DNA in Michigan

Parents Rights Upheld to Protect their Children’s DNA from State Retention, Transfer and Storage
June 11, 2019

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Urges President Trump to Delink Medicare and Social Security

CCHF Leading the Charge with 43 Other Groups to Call on the President to Right This Health Care Wrong Through Executive Action
June 10, 2019

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Collects Stories of How HIPAA Hurts Patients; Implores Government Office to Restore Pre-HIPAA Rights

For Decades, CCHF Says, the Public Has Been Deceived—HIPAA Doesn’t Protect Privacy at All
June 3, 2019

May 2019

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Alerts Patients That Government Wants to Share Their Private 
Medical Records More Broadly

Public Comments to Department of Health and Human Services Due June 3
May 28, 2019

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Responds to HHS Interoperability and ‘Information Blocking’ Request with Solutions to Protect Patients

CCHF’s Twila Brase: ‘Interoperability Is Not What the Doctor Ordered’ and Not Only Harms Patients But Will Keep Well-Trained, Highly Motivated Doctors from Entering the Profession
May 28, 2019

Congressional Attempt to End Surprise Medical Bills Will Socialize Doctors

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Proposed Legislation Will Limit What Out-of-Network Doctors Can Charge Patients; ‘It’s Price Control, Pure and Simple’
May 20, 2019

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Joins Association of American Physicians & Surgeons to File Amicus Brief in Landmark SCOTUS Obamacare Case

Texas Judge’s Previous Ruling Gives States an Opportunity to Break Free from the Affordable Care Act and Take Back Authority
May 13, 2019

Let It Expire

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Says 2% MinnesotaCare Tax Should Not Be Retained or Extended
May 8, 2019

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom’s ‘Big Brother in the Exam Room’ Wins Midwest Book Award

Book by Twila Brase Exposes the Dangers Behind Electronic Health Records
May 7, 2019

Running on Empty

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Points to New Report Showing Rising Costs and Future Insolvency for Medicare; CCHF Says Seniors Should Be Able to Opt-Out and Keep Social Security Benefits
May 6, 2019

‘Big Brother in the Exam Room’ from Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom a Finalist for Two Midwest Book Awards

Book by Twila Brase Exposes the Dangers Behind Electronic Health Records; Winners Will Be Announced at May 4 Gala in St. Paul
May 1, 2019

April 2019

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Burdensome Regulations Are Pushing Doctors Out of Medicine

New Study Predicts Shortage of 122,000 Doctors by 2032 Due to ‘Graying’ America, But CCHF Leader Says Doctors Are Actually Leaving Profession Because It’s ‘Not the Job They Signed Up For’
April 29, 2019

Parents, Did You Know?

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Alert—
Many States Store, Use and Share Newborn DNA for Research Without Consent; Most Parents Have No Idea
April 22, 2019

In a World Where the Affordable Care Act No Longer Exists…

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: End of ACA Would Restore Affordable Indemnity Plans, End Costly Benefit Mandates, Expand Employment Opportunities and Permanently Repeal the Individual Mandate
April 1, 2019

March 2019

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Socialized Medicine Threatens Patients’ Freedom, Privacy, Access to Care and Much More

CCHF’s Twila Brase: ‘Free’ Government Handouts Jeopardize the Very Freedom Americans Value
March 25, 2019

‘Big Brother in the Exam Room’ from Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Wins Literary Award

Book Exposing the Dangers Behind Electronic Health Records Honored with First Place from ‘Reader Views’
March 11, 2019

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Medicare for All is a Pipe Dream

Medicare for All Promises Are Just Like Obamacare Promises—Vowing Coverage But Guaranteeing Access to Nothing
March 4, 2019

February 2019

‘Big Brother in the Exam Room’ Making Its Way Onto Library Shelves Nationwide

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Encourages Readers to Request That Their Library Carry This Important Book That Gives Action Steps for Restoring Health Freedom
February 25, 2019

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom to HHS Office for Civil Rights: Restore Pre-HIPAA Patient Privacy and Consent Rights

CCHF Gives HHS Six Action Steps to Return Patients’ Rights; Says Public Deceived—HIPAA Doesn’t Protect Privacy at All
February 19, 2019

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Urges Minnesota Residents to Help Stop Bill to Repeal Patient Consent Requirements

February 15, 2019

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Urges Americans to Tell Feds That HIPAA Hurts Patients

CCHF: HIPAA Doesn’t Protect Privacy at All; Office for Civil Rights Requesting Comments on Possible Change to HIPAA Rule by Feb. 12
February 11, 2019

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: HHS Announces That Baby DNA Will No Longer be Protected by Previously Enacted Consent Requirements

February 6, 2019

December 2018

Judge’s ‘ACA is Unconstitutional’ Ruling Gives States an Opportunity to Break Free

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: On Basis of 10th Amendment, States Can Take Back the Authority They Should Never Have Allowed the Federal Government to Assume
December 26, 2018


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Delivers 1,500+ Petitions to White House

December 13, 2018


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Obamacare Ruling Returns Health Freedom to Americans

December 17, 2018


Independent Doctors in Naples, Florida, Being Forced Out of Hospitals

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Move Freezes Out Patients’ Physicians, Giving the Hospital Full Control Over Treatment Decisions
December 17, 2018


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: 10 Reasons to ‘Refuse to Enroll’ in Obamacare

‘Command and Control,’ ‘Claw Backs,’ ‘Narrow Networks’ and More Are Reasons to Stay Out of an Expensive, Privacy-Compromising Gov’t Plan
December 10, 2018


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Give Yourself—and Others—the Gift of Health Care Sharing

Health Care Sharing Mirrors How the Health Care System Was Meant to Be
December 3, 2018


November 2018

Many Reasons to ‘Refuse to Enroll’ in Obamacare During Open Enrollment, Says Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom

November 26, 2018


Shopping for Health Insurance? Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Says Consider Health Care Sharing

As Open Enrollment Deadline Nears, CCHF Says Americans Have Accepted the Status Quo of Health Insurance—and All Its Flaws—for Far Too Long
November 19, 2018


Groups Petition Trump to Allow Seniors to Opt Out of Medicare Without Losing Social Security Benefits

Leading the Charge, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Says President Has the Opportunity to Right a Wrong by Removing Executive Instructions
November 12, 2018


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Are Medicare Advantage Health Plans Committing Fraud?

With Enrollment Open for Medicare, CCHF Warns That Medicare Advantage Plans Deny Rightful Care and Payments, Increasing Health Plan Profits
November 5, 2018


October 2018

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Does Your Candidate Support Freedom or Socialized Medicine?

Pre-Existing Condition Mandate is the Cornerstone of Socialized Medicine
October 29, 2018


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: HIPAA Is the ‘Biggest Breach of All’

After Anthem Ordered to Pay Millions for Patient Privacy Breach, CCHF Says Privacy is Breached Every Day Through HIPAA and Electronic Health Records; New Book Exposing HIPAA and EHRs in Second Printing
October 22, 2018


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Don’t Enroll in Obamacare—There Are Better Ways

As Open Enrollment Approaches, CCHF Says a Flawed Government Plan Raises Premiums, Compromises Care and Puts Patient Privacy at Risk
October 15, 2018


Creating National Biometric System for Patient Matching Will Threaten Privacy and Security

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Responds to New Pew Study on ‘Patient Matching’—Just Another Name for ‘National Patient ID’
October 8, 2018


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Highlights Privacy Concerns Within Opioid Bill

Congressional Opioid Bill Erodes Current Federal Privacy Protections for People with Behavioral Health Issues
October 1, 2018


September 2018

America’s Doctors: ‘This Is Not What We Signed Up For’

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Physician ‘Mass Exodus’ Blamed on Frustration, Burnout, Regulations, Inefficiency and More
September 24, 2018


Patients—and Their Prescriptions—Are Tracked

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Government-Mandated EHRs Negatively Impact Patients and Doctors, and Have Changed the Way Medical Professionals Care for Those in Their Exam Rooms
September 17, 2018


CCHF Event Shines Light on Affordable Free-Market Medicine for Patients and Doctors

Cash-Based Surgery Center of Oklahoma Co-Founder Dr. Keith Smith Featured at Sept. 27 Dinner in Minneapolis
September 10, 2018


Government EHRs—The High Cost of Coercion

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Congress Forced Government Electronic Health Records Upon Doctors, and Both Doctors and Patients Are Paying the Price
September 4, 2018


August 2018

Doctors and Nurses Burning Out Because of Mandated Electronic Health Records

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Congress’ EHR Mandate Is Bad for Physicians—and Bad for Patients
August 27, 2018


22 HIPAA Harms

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Shares 22 HIPAA Harms on 22nd Anniversary of Patient ‘Privacy’ Act with Series of Social Media Posts
August 21, 2018


Parents and Newborns Harmed by Unconsented State Storage of Baby DNA

Opposing Judge’s Decision, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Says the Harm Is in the Taking of DNA for Secret Storage
August 20, 2018


The 22-Year HIPAA ‘Privacy’ Misnomer

HIPAA Changes May Be Coming, But No Evidence HHS Is Working to Return Privacy Rights to Patients, Says Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom
August 13, 2018


Health Care Data Breaches Put the Private Medical Information of Millions of Americans in Jeopardy

Private Data Compromised for Another 1.4 Million Patients Last Week; New Book ‘Big Brother in the Exam Room’ From Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Highlights Negative Impact of Electronic Health Records
August 6, 2018


New Rule Reverses Obama-Era Damage and Gives Americans in Need of Short-Term Coverage Relief from Pricey Obamacare Premiums

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Final Rule from Trump Administration Will Allow Americans to Buy Policies That Do Not Conform to Costly, Unaffordable Mandates of the Affordable Care Act
August 1, 2018


July 2018

The Watched Are Never Free

New Book ‘Big Brother in the Exam Room’ From Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Shines Light on Impact of Electronic Health Records on Privacy, Personalized Care, Costs, Patient Safety and More
July 30, 2018


Electronic Health Records Turn Doctors Away from Patients and Into Data Clerks

‘Big Brother in the Exam Room’ Author Twila Brase: EHRs Present Serious Problems and Perils—Perhaps the Most Significant, Patient Safety
July 23, 2018


‘Big Brother in the Exam Room’ Now Available! New Book from Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Gives Action Steps for Restoring Freedom

Health Care Industry Leaders Give Words of Praise for Twila Brase’s Work; Call the Author ‘Deft and Fearless’ as She ‘Sounds the Alarm’
July 16, 2018


COMING SOON: Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom’s New Book ‘Big Brother in the Exam Room’ Launches Next Week

Book by Twila Brase Exposes Dangers of Electronic Health Records and How the Government Imposes a Command & Control Surveillance System
July 2, 2018


June 2018

For Two Years, The Wedge of Health Freedom Has Helped Patients Find Affordable Doctors

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom’s ‘The Wedge’ Brings Patients and Doctors Together in a Third-Party-Free, Patient-Centered Network That Restores Simplicity, Affordability and Confidentiality
June 25, 2018


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Government Reorganization Is a Step in the Right Direction

Federal Government and HHS Are Far Too Large and Too Involved in Americans’ Lives; Dollars and Responsibility Should Be Shifted to States
June 21, 2018


Trump Administration Cuts National Guidelines Clearinghouse

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Praises End of Repository, as the Bold Move Takes Away One Element of Government Control
June 18, 2018


3 Privacy Concerns Patients May Not Know About

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Says Electronic Health Records, Government Interference and Research Without Consent Are All Infringements on Patient Privacy
June 11, 2018


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Releasing Groundbreaking New Book on the Dangers of Electronic Health Records (EHRs)

‘Big Brother in the Exam Room’ Will Expose How the Government Forced a Data-Collecting Surveillance System Upon Doctors
June 4, 2018


May 2018

CMS Plan for ‘Direct Primary Contractors’ Will Confuse Public and Compromise True DPC Clinics

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: True Direct Primary Care Practices Will Suffer If the DPC Title is Bestowed Upon Fake DPC Clinics
May 29, 2018


Renaming ‘Meaningful Use’ Won’t Free Doctors or Protect Patient Privacy

CMS Push to Promote Interoperability Continues to Compromise Medical Info and Impede Doctors, says Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom
May 21, 2018


What’s the Problem with EHRs? 347,000 Data Breaches Since 2009

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom’s Twila Brase Releasing New Book on EHRs Next Month: ‘Big Brother in the Exam Room’
May 14, 2018


Revised Common Rule Strips Parents of Consent Rights Regarding Baby DNA Used for Research

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: DNA of Millions of Children Is Collected, Stored, Used, Analyzed and Shared Without Parental Consent
May 7, 2018


April 2018

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Connects with Lawmakers on Patient Privacy, Opioid Crisis

‘Jessie’s Law’ Would Impact Patient Rights, Privacy and Access to Timely and Essential Medical Care, While Opioid Crisis Response Act Would Create Severe Shortage of Medications for Injured Who Are Deprived of Pain Relief
April 30, 2018


New Parent Lawsuit Exposes Stolen ‘Baby DNA,’ Says Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom

Many States Are Storing, Using and Sharing Newborn DNA for Research Without Consent—and Most Parents Have No Idea
April 23, 2018


World Aghast at Facebook Data Scandal, But HIPAA Shares Private Patient Data Every Day

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Under HIPAA, It Is Perfectly Lawful for Hospitals to Share Deidentified Patient Data with Facebook—and That Should Frighten Every American
April 17, 2018


Congress Moving Ahead to Take Away Privacy and Consent in Matters of Substance Abuse

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Lawmakers Want to Share Substance Abuse Treatment Data Without Patient Consent; Patients Should Enjoy Protections in All Health Matters, But HIPAA Stripped That Privacy Away
April 9, 2018


10 Harms of Stripping Patient Consent

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Says One of 9 Exemptions Will Protect Americans from Tax Penalties
April 2, 2018


March 2018

10 Harms of Stripping Patient Consent

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Fighting Legislation That Voids Tough Patient Consent Requirements in Minnesota Privacy Law
March 19, 2018


Not All EHRs Are Created Equal

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Government-Certified Electronic Health Records Are Costly and Intrusive, Some Doctors Like Their EHR but Most Don’t; CCHF Book on EHRs to be Released This Spring
March 12, 2018


Minnesota Legislators Introduce Bills to Bypass Consent Requirements and End Patient Privacy

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: If Passed, Bills Would Circumvent Minnesota’s Strongest-in-the-Nation Privacy Law and Render It Useless
March 7, 2018


February 2018

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Idaho Is Leading the Way Back to Affordable Health Insurance

CCHF Letter to Gov. Otter Commends His Action to Actively Protect Rights, Choices and Income of Idaho’s People; More Governors and Legislators Should Follow Otter’s Example
February 26, 2018


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Exposes IDEMIA and the Push for National Biometric IDs in America

New Report Educates Americans on Corporation Facilitating Government Intrusion—and Possible Future Biometric National Patient IDs
February 20, 2018


Health Plans and Hospitals Attempting to Repeal Minnesota Law That Protects Patient Privacy

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Those Who Support Repeal of MHRA Want to Strip Requirement That Patients Are Asked for Permission Before Their Private Medical Information is Shared
February 12, 2018


ACA ‘Stabilization’ Plans Rear Ugly Head Again

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: The ‘Shell Game’ of Reinsurance Bails Out Insurers and Puts Financial Risk on Backs of Taxpayers
February 5, 2018


January 2018

Patients Need Privacy Protections in All Medical Matters, Not Just Substance Abuse

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Congress’ Plan to Permit Sharing of Substance Abuse Data Without Patient Consent Would Be Detrimental and Strips These Patients of the Privacy Protections All Patients Need
January 29, 2018


ACA Stabilization Plans Stealthily Inch America Toward Socialized Medicine

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Taxpayers Becoming Insurers
January 22, 2018


In Ongoing CHIP Debate, Coverage Does Not Equal Care, Says Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom

States Should be the Back-Up for Program, Not the Federal Government
January 15, 2018


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Encourages Americans to Support #PharmacyFreedom

Public Comments Taken Through Jan. 16 to Support Trump Administration’s Proposal to Allow Medicare Patients to Access Medications at the Pharmacy of their Choice
January 8, 2018


December 2017

Hits and Misses for Health Freedom in 2017’s Top Headlines

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: From Failed Obamacare Repeal to Zeroing Out ACA’s Individual Mandate Penalty, 2017 Was a Landmark Year for Health Care Policy
December 26, 2017


Newly Passed Tax Bill Pulls Back Individual Mandate Penalties, But Law Still on the Books

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom’s Twila Brase: Affordable Care Act Still Needs to be Repealed in Its Entirety
December 20, 2017


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Applauds Trump Administration for Highlighting Physician Option to Opt Out of Medicare Participation

New Medicare Participation Announcement Shows Leadership Is Committed to Transitioning Health Care Back to Patients and Doctors
December 19, 2017


CCHF Radio Feature Has Explained Health Care Headlines to Americans Since 2009

‘Health Freedom Minute’ Changes Hearts and Minds
December 18, 2017


Giving the Gift of Health Care Sharing

With Open Enrollment Nearly Complete, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Encourages Americans to Research Health Care Sharing Ministries and ‘Refuse to Enroll’ in Obamacare
December 11, 2017


Senate Passes Tax Bill and Repeals Obamacare Individual Mandate

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom’s Twila Brase: Affordable Care Act Still Needs to be Repealed in Its Entirety
December 4, 2017


November 2017

Congress and White House Waffling on the Most Egregious Tax Increase Foisted on American People—the Obamacare Individual Mandate

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Don’t Squander the Opportunity to Free Americans From the ACA’s Confiscatory Tax
November 27, 2017


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: With Legislation Pending, Congress Must Not Authorize Appropriations for CSR Payments

Congress Should Not Enable Health Plans to ‘Double Collect’
November 13, 2017


With Open Enrollment Underway, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Urges Americans to ‘Refuse to Enroll’ in Obamacare

Three Legal Alternatives to Obamacare Coverage
November 13, 2017


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: What Every Patient Should Know About Privacy

CCHF Leader Twila Brase Shares Info about HIPAA, Baby DNA, Coerced Consent, Hippocratic Oath and More at D.C. Gathering
November 6, 2017


October 2017

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Urges OMB to Include Parental Consent for Storage and Research of Baby DNA in Final Common Rule

Most New Parents Do Not Realize Newborn Screening Is a Government Program, Blood Spots Are Sent to State Health Labs and Many States Are Storing, Using, Disseminating and Researching DNA Without Consent
October 30, 2017


What Should Be Important to the Next HHS Secretary?

As Trump Considers Pharma Exec Alex Azar to Replace Tom Price, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Says HHS Leader Should Put Patients First
October 23, 2017


President Trump’s Health Care EO Full of ‘Potential’ Commitments and Suggestions to ‘Consider’

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Stopping Cost-Sharing Reduction Subsiding and Ending ‘Special Contributions’ to Congress Will Help Unravel the Affordable Care Act Once and For All
October 13, 2017


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Calls for Action and Welcomes Health Care Champions to Event

‘Fox & Friends’ Co-Host Pete Hegseth Headlines Oct. 24 Fundraising Dinner in Minneapolis; Early Bird Deadline Ends Tonight
October 9, 2017


As Yet Another Non-Repeal Bill Fails, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Says: Put a Real Repeal Bill Up for a Vote

Only a Pure Repeal Bill will Stop the Fruitless Quibbling Over Details that Killed BCRA, ‘Skinny Repeal’ and Graham-Cassidy
October 2, 2017


September 2017

12 Facts About the Graham-Cassidy ‘Repeal’ Bill

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: There’s Just One Problem With This Affordable Care Act Repeal—It’s Not Repeal 
September 25, 2017


What Will Happen to Parental Consent and Privacy Rights Once Federal ‘Common Rule’ Hits Its Original Deadline in January 2018?

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Is Asking President Trump to Protect Baby DNA, Patient Privacy and Parental Rights by Revising Obama-Published Common Rule
September 18, 2017


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom to Congress: Vote on the ‘Real Thing’ – A Real Repeal

ACHA, BCRA, ‘Skinny Repeal’ and ACA Stabilization Bills Aren’t Full ACA Repeal; Bring a Real Repeal Up for a Vote This Session
September 5, 2017

August 2017

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Iceland on Way to Eugenics with Eradication of Down Syndrome Births

Life ‘Nipped’ in the Bud; High Abortion Rates Occur Once Mothers in Iceland Discover Their Pre-Born Baby Has the Genetic Disorder
August 28, 2017


Trump’s Actions on Common Rule Will Protect Baby DNA and Restore Parental Rights

CCHF Advises the President and HHS Secretary Tom Price to Not Only Continue to Hold, But Change the Common Rule
August 23, 2017


Latest Round of 30% Premium Increases Points to One Solution – Repeal

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Trump and Price Can Help Collapse State Exchanges by Prohibiting CSR Payments
August 7, 2017


July 2017

If Full Repeal Is the Answer, Then What?

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Americans Voted for Full Repeal of the ACA But Many in Congress Are Waffling With the ‘What Ifs’
July 31, 2017


Still Not Repeal

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Senate Has Not Yet Voted to Repeal Affordable Care Act 
July 25, 2017


Charlie Gard Has Shown Us Our Future Under the Affordable Care Act

July 24, 2017


The Many Faces of Obamacare

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: If Congress and Americans Knew True Nature of Affordable Care Act, a Repeal Vote Would Be Easy
July 24, 2017


What Now? 

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom:  Full Repeal of Obamacare Has Always Been the Only Answer  
July 18, 2017


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Calls for Full Repeal, with Possible Vote Before Recess 

Congress Must Act in the Best Interest of the American People, Not for Big Insurance or Big Government
July 14, 2017


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Revised BCRA Has No Opt-Out from Obamacare 

Bill Does Not Repeal/Replace Obamacare, Reject Cost-Sharing Reduction Subsidies, Repeal Mandates Nor Eliminate All Obamacare Taxes
July 14, 2017


CCHF Gives HHS 21 Recommendations for Unburdening Obamacare Regulations 

Actions Would Restore Health Freedom And Patient Privacy; Public Comments Accepted Until Midnight Wednesday Season
July 11, 2017


If You Can’t Agree on Repeal, Then Replace!

July 10, 2017


What Is True Health Freedom?

As Congress Holds Americans’ Health Care Fate in Their Hands, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Continues to Call for a Return to Simplicity, Affordability and Confidentiality.
July 3, 2017


June 2017

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Marks One Year of The Wedge of Health Freedom

The Wedge Brings Patients and Doctors Together in a Third-Party-Free Network That Restores Simplicity, Affordability and Confidentiality
June 26, 2017


Not Good Enough—New ‘Better Care Reconciliation Act’ from Senate Still Isn’t Repeal

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom’s Twila Brase Is in Washington, D.C., Meeting With Lawmakers About Health Care Reform
June 22, 2017


7 Dangers of Guaranteed Issue

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Policies on Pre-Existing Conditions Are Keeping a Failed Government Health Care System Alive
June 12, 2017


Some Lawmakers Want Full Repeal

With the American Health Care Act again in jeopardy—it’s a Republican version of Obamacare 2.0 anyway, says Twila Brase of Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom—several senators are calling for full repeal rather than a replacement that still compromises Americans’ health freedom. 
June 5, 2017


May 2017

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom to Congress: Prohibit New Version of National Patient ID

President Trump Signs Appropriations Bill That Will Provide Federal Funding for ‘Patient-Matching Strategy’
May 30, 2017


Why is GOP Dragging Their Feet on Repeal? They Can’t Let Go of ACA Centerpiece

In New Op-Ed, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom’s Twila Brase Says Those Resisting Repeal and Replacement Are Hanging on to the Guaranteed Issue Mandate, Which Is the Heart of Socialized Medicine
May 25, 2017


Minnesota Bows to Bullying with REAL ID Passage

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Minnesota Legislators Gave In to Unconstitutional Threats and Gave Up Tenth Amendment Rights of All Minnesotans by Agreeing to Conform to REAL ID
May 17, 2017


Which States Are the Worst Offenders for Storing Baby DNA?

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Educating Parents About the Collection, Storage and Research Practices in their Stateand How to Opt OutThrough CCHF’s Website ItsMyDNA
May 15, 2017


Moms, Do You Know Where Your Baby’s DNA Goes?

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Urges Moms and Dads to Learn More About Parental Consent Protections for Baby DNA at ItsMyDNA.org
May 9, 2017


House-Passed American Health Care Act Is Still Government-Controlled Health Care

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: AHCA Does Not Guarantee Lower Costs, Greater Choices or Broader Networks
May 4, 2017


Amended AHCA Is Not Repeal

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Federal Government Will Still Control Health Care, with No Guarantee of Lower Costs, Greater Choices or Broader Networks
May 1, 2017


April 2017

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: End Obamacare Cost-Sharing Reduction Subsidies Now

In a New Op-Ed in the Washington Times, CCHF’s Twila Brase Says the Time is Now to Right the Obamacare Wrong
April 26, 2017


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom to GOP Lawmakers: Talk to Your Constituents While Home on Break

CCHF Says Republicans Need to Share Unpleasant Facts about Obamacare  
April 13, 2017


The Simplicity of Real Repeal

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom’s Twila Brase Says 2,700 Pages of a Bad Law and 40,000 Pages of Intrusive Government Regulations Can Be Fully Repealed with Just a Few Words
April 3, 2017


March 2017

What Went Wrong?

With American Health Care Act Dead on Arrival, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom’s Twila Brase Tells The Daily Caller President Trump’s Focus Must Be Freedom in Health Care
March 27, 2017


AHCA DOA

After Lawmakers Pull Bill, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Says It’s Time to Go Back to the Drawing Board
March 24, 2017


Take It or Leave It?

With Health Care Vote Set for Today, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Says Lawmakers Should Not Be Pushed into Voting for a Bad Bill
March 24, 2017


Americans Are Counting on Republicans to Keep Their Obamacare Repeal Promise

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom in D.C. This Week to Tell Congress How to Restore Health Freedom and Affordability
March 20, 2017


Good, Bad and Ugly of the GOP Replacement Plan

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: The American People Did Not Ask for a ‘Fix,’ But for Full Repeal of Obamacare
March 15, 2017


February 2017

4 Health Care Problems – And 4 Solutions

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Looks at Four of the Most Crucial Health Care Issues and Offers Ways to Ease the Burden for Many Americans Held Captive by a Failing Health Care System
February 20, 2017


Where’s the Bill?

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Says Lawmakers Must Not Waffle on Their Promises, as They Now Soften Language and Claim Obamacare Will Be ‘Repaired’ Rather Than Repealed
February 13, 2017


Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Applauds Confirmation of Tom Price as HHS Secretary

Read CCHF’s statement about the confirmation.
February 10, 2017


December 2016

A Three-Year Delay on an Obamacare Repeal Just Won’t Work

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Refusing to Repeal the ‘Unaffordable’ Care Act Now Will Make It a 2020 Election Issue
December 19, 2016


21 Principles to Restore Health Freedom

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Shares Pressing Health Care Concerns with Nation’s Top Lawmakers
December 12, 2016


Now Is the Time to Repeal

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: First, Use Tom Price’s 56-Word Repeal Language for Full Repeal of Obamacare, Then Determine Replacement Options
December 1, 2016

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November 2016

What Will Happen Next in Health Care?

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom’s Twila Brase Speaking at Event Thursday in Moundsview Focusing on Future of Health Care
November 15, 2016


The Only Obamacare ‘Replacement’ Is Repeal

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom: Don’t Waste Time on a Replacement Plan That Could Take Months or Years; Repeal Now
November 14, 2016


Will a Trump Presidency Fulfill Obamacare ‘Repeal and Replace’ Promises?

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Hopes Donald Trump’s Vow to End Obamacare Was Not an Empty Campaign Promise
November 9, 2016


Who Will Fight For Our Health Care?

November 7, 2016