Patient Privacy

Obamacare “Navigators” Outraged at Inquisition

It would be funny if it weren’t so serious. The groups that have received Obamacare “navigator” grants are outraged because Congress has asked them to detail the planned use of these taxpayer funds, which total $67 million.

CCHF Launches National “Refuse to Sign HIPAA” Campaign

ST. PAUL, Minn.—One patient advocate is working to make sure that Americans know that the form that’s pushed across the counter at them at the doctor’s office is not meant to protect their private patient data. In fact, the opposite is true. The HIPAA law, thought to protect patient privacy, is simply a vehicle to share private data with more than 2.2 million entities.

HIPAA Info Wallet Card

Business card containing the HIPAA alert information

HIPAA Action Alert - Refuse to Sign

HIPAA - The Grand Deception

HIPAA does not protect health privacy - use this one-page CCHF document at your clinic and hospital to REFUSE TO SIGN the HIPAA "privacy" form. Contact CCHF for business-card-sized "refuse to sign" forms you can carry in your wallet. For more information, read the CCHF Alert.

States Build Patient-Tracking Systems

"The NSA is not the only agency specializing in surveillance. State government health officials are profiling children and cataloging citizens in massive government databases without the patient's or parent's consent. That's the gist of our new 50-state report, released last week:"Patient Privacy and Public Trust: How Health Surveillance Systems are Undermining Both."

50-State Health Surveillance Report

CCHF has release a new Policy Insights Report:  "Patient Privacy and Public Trust: How Health Surveillance Systems Are Undermining Both" Written by Twila Brase, President of CCHF, it reveals the scope and hidden nature of state government health surveillance systems. Using a variety of methods over eight years, CCHF gathered data from all 50 states and D.C. on four major government patient-tracking systems. This data has now been published by CCHF to alert the public to government surveillance and to urge state legislative action to protect individual privacy and consent rights.

CCHF on The Five

Fox News Channel show, The Five, uses the CCHF Obamacare Hub diagram to show the complexity of the system required to implement Obamacare - and who has access to your information!

“FREEDOM FROM OBAMACARE” -- CCHF Event Recap

We heard stories! We raised funds! It was a great event!

The special event with Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) began in the cozy sunroom of the beautiful Minneapolis Club. Sponsors spent an hour visiting with the Congressman on everything from politics to Louie's homemade barbeque ribs! 

CCHF Launches National “Refuse to Enroll” Campaign

ST. PAUL, Minn.— As Obamacare prepares to officially kick off on October 1, 2013, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF, www.cchfreedom.org) launches the national  “Refuse to Enroll” campaign with a flier detailing steps Americans can take to stop its implementation.

Health Care Surveillance:  HIPAA—The Grand Deception

Part 1 in a Series on How Private Health Information is No Longer Private

ST. PAUL, Minn.— Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom(CCHF, www.cchfreedom.org) wants Americans to know of yet another government intrusion into their private health information.

It’s the HIPAA privacy rule—and there’s a grand deception behind it.