Health Care Reform - Obamacare

3 Privacy Concerns Patients May Not Know About

Press Releases • June 11, 2018

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) is alerting Americans to three privacy issues they may not know anything about.

CCHF president and co-founder Twila Brase says these three health care news items are just a sampling of the many ways the government and the health care industry are attempting to use patient data—often without consent—for their own gain.

Groundbreaking New Book on the Dangers of Electronic Health Records (EHRs)

Press Releases • June 04, 2018

ST. PAUL, Minn.—If you’ve ever been in the doctor’s office and the clinician isn’t looking you in the eye—but at a computer screen instead—you know how electronic health records (EHRs) have impacted the medical industry.

But this lack of patient-doctor interaction due to EHRs is just the tip of the iceberg.

Don't Call it "Health Care"

eNews Commentary • May 30, 2018

Words shape thinking. Consider how often people say, “I get my health care at work.”I know what they mean but it’s not true.

You see . . . there’s no such thing as “health care.”

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

Press Releases • May 29, 2018

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Patient privacy advocate Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) has spoken out about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) potential plan to wrap direct primary care contracting (DPC) clinics back into the government.

CCHF Invited to the White House

eNews Commentary • May 16, 2018

An invitation to the White House came last week.I accepted. On May 11, President Trump made an announcement in the Rose Garden about lowering drug prices. Here’s a short play by play for you, our supporters, the people who keep our organization on the front lines and operating on behalf of your health freedom every day.

CCHF Public Comments on CMS-9924-P [short-term, limited duration insurance]

Public Comments • April 23, 2018

We support the Trump administration’s attempt to restore freedom and affordability for care and coverage while we await either full repeal of the ACA or the development and growth of care and coverage options that are beyond the reach of the ACA and its rules, regulations, restrictions and costly requirements.

Americans Are Confused About Obamacare

eNews Commentary • April 04, 2018

A majority of Americans are confused about Obamacare. Findings from a Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) survey of 2,534 people in the non-group (individual) market include:

1)Fifty-three percent (53%) think Obamacare exchanges are collapsing. It’s not yet true, however 64% of Republicans and 49% of Democrats believe it.

Tax Time = Time to Opt-Out of Obamacare

Press Releases • April 02, 2018

ST. PAUL, Minn.—As we begin the month of April, many Americans begrudgingly work to finish preparing their tax returns for the 2017 year. For many, because Obamacare penalties are not zeroed out until 2019, there’s special attention directed towards the Affordable Care Act and the tax penalties associated with going uninsured.

Stop Corporate Version of Single-Payer

eNews Commentary • March 21, 2018

Republicans have a plan to save Obamacare. They have proposed a $60 billion payout for managed care corporations (“health plans”). The proposal includes $30 billion in reinsurance funds (transfer risk-bearing responsibility to taxpayers) and $30-$35 billion in cost-sharing reduction (CSR) subsidies, often called bailouts. That said, it now appears the payout may have been stripped from the must-pass (by Saturday) spending bill to be issued today.