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CCHF Urges Americans to Tell Feds That HIPAA Hurts Patients

ST. PAUL, Minn.—One of the resolute aims of Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) has been to educate Americans that the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act “Privacy Rule” really isn’t about privacy at all. 

MN Legislative Update with Sue Jeffers on Twin Cities News Talk AM 1130

CCHF's State Legislative and Policy Director, Matt Flanders, shared a MN legislative update with Sue Jeffers on Twin Cities News Talk, AM 1130.  Sue and Matt discussed the DFL's MinnesotaCare "Buy-In" option and their plan to not let the MnCare provider tax go away, which taxes the sick and is scheduled to be repealed in January 2020. Follow this link to listen to the interview.

Big Brother is a Big Seller

HEALTH FREEDOM WATCH

Volume 21: Issue 4: 4th Quarter 2018

Petition to Trump: Allow Seniors to Opt Out of Medicare w/o Losing Social Security

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) and other respected health organizations are urging President Donald Trump to allow senior citizens to voluntarily opt out of Medicare—without losing their Social Security benefits. 

HIPAA Is the ‘Biggest Breach of All’

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Anthem’s massive 2015 cyberattack is costing the nation’s second-largest health insurer a record $16 million. That’s the equally massive amount the company will pay to settle any potential privacy violations in the biggest known health care hack in U.S. history, the Chicago Sun Times reported last week. 

Twila Brase Interviewed on Life Line with Craig Roberts 10-10-18

Listen to Twila Brase (at the 18:10 minute mark) | Topic: The Dangerous Truth About Electronic Health Records (EHRs).

Dr. Keith Smith speaks at CCHF fundraising event | September 27, 2018

Dr. Keith Smith, MD, speaks to the crowd at CCHF's event on September 27th, 2018 | Free-Market Medicine in Action!

Video can also be viewed here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpTLHNNUUJQ

Twila Brase speaks at the CCHF Fundraising Event on September 27, 2018

Twila Brase speaks to the crowd at the 2018 CCHF Event, September 27th, 2018

Video can also be viewed at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJRsm1dpDl4

The Paradocs Podcast #23: How HIPAA Destroyed Patient Privacy with Twila Brase, RN

How HIPAA Destroyed Patient Privacy with Twila Brase, RN

HIPAA (or the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act) passed in 1996 and has been touted by legislators, physicians, patients, and health industry leaders as a law that protects patient medical data privacy. It turns out, as with the names of many laws that pass in Congress, the act does the exact opposite as what you might guess. The act allows for over 2.2 million entities in the US to trade, disperse, and sell your personal medical data without your consent.