If You Don’t Sign the HIPAA Form, Do They Still Have to Treat You?

CCHF’s Month-Long Educational Campaign Begins in April

ST. PAUL, Minn. — HIPAA became effective 20 years ago on April 14, 2003. For two decades, the American public has been led to believe that the “HIPAA Privacy Rule” protects their confidential medical records. To counter this false belief, the Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom will spend the month of April exposing HIPAA as a permissive data sharing rule.

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CCHF Letter to US Senate Opposing National Patient ID

CCHF, along with 25 other individuals and organizations representing American citizens nationwide, sent a letter to Congressional leadership and Members of the Appropriations Committee February 10, 2022, to express strong opposition to ending the longstanding prohibition on funding and development for the controversial, and very troubling, federal Unique Patient Identifier (UPI). See the letter here.

Exposing HIPAA: The Deliberate Deception

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Ivermectin Available Over-the-Counter

A bill that would make Ivermection available to all patients, providing easy access to life-saving medication when practice protocols or biased decision-making prevent physicians from prescribing ivermection (safe and effective for over 40 years) and prohibiting pharmacists from refusing to dispense a lawfully-written prescription.

Doctors Hampered from Saving Patients by Imposed Standard of Care Protocols

ST. PAUL, Minn. —Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) resonates with the complaints of physicians frustrated in their care of COVID-19 patients by ‘evidence-based medicine’ and various bureaucratic restraints imposed by outside third-parties.

Training New Doctors for the System

Join our Team! Seeking Executive Ass't to the President

CCHF is seeking an Executive Assistant to the President! Would you or someone you know be a good fit for our free-market, privacy-protecting health care policy team?  

Join CCHF at our Annual Fundraising Gala Dinner!

Join us on September 15, 2022 for a fantastic evening and to help raise funds for CCHF!  Our Keynote speaker will be US Army Retired Lt. General Michael T. Flynn. 

Tickets are $125/ea (*$150/ea after August 12th).  Sponorship Opportunities available. 

CCHF Sends FOI Request to Office of Civil Rights Regarding Patients Refused Care for Declining to Sign HIPAA Notice

CCHF has submitted a FOIA request to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). Our request asks for any documentation that OCR has received or sent to physicians and other providers regarding providing care to patients who refuse to sign the HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices. Our goal with this request is to understand any abuses that are happening under the law, as well as to better equip patients to decline to sign the Notice of Privacy Practices.

CCHF Issues Genetic Privacy Warning

CCHF believes the public should think carefully before enrolling in the new HealthPartners’ DNA testing and research program called myGenetics. HealthPartners enrollees and Park Nicollet patients over the age of 18 have been invited to take part in the research program. Invitations to enroll are arriving in mailboxes.

Parents Win In Lawsuit Against Michigan Over Stolen Blood From Newborn Babies; No Consent Means It’s Unconstitutional

ST. PAUL, Minn. — In a landmark case, a Michigan law firm, Outside Legal Counsel, has successfully sued the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. In a major win for the rights of parents and against the government’s long-term storage of a child’s DNA, the court ruled that the state’s unconsented storage and research are unconstitutional. 

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

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Even though Congress could be called back from the August recess to address gun measures after the devastating shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) is urging state residents to contact their U.S. Senators and Representatives about three important health care issues.

EARLY TREATMENT OPTIONS for COVID-19

It’s important to stop the viral replication stage of COVID-19, thereby avoiding the dangerous cytokine storm and the microthrombosis (mini-clots) stages. Here is a list of options for receiving early treatment, including ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), if an individual cannot find access to early treatment elsewhere. "Treat first. Test later. Don't wait for test results." "Delay is what's killing people." — Dr. Darrell DeMello, MD

Helpful COVID-19 Resources

Three resources for public access and assistance within the Coronavirus "drawer" of the CCHF Patient Toolbox. Use them as a resource on the vaccine, adverse reactions, early treatment options and legal assistance.

OPPOSE Biden Health Care Anti-Discrimination Proposal 

The Biden administration has issued a proposed anti-discrimination health care rule to force doctors to provide “gender-affirming care” regardless of moral or medical objections. Every institution that receives federal dollars would be required to comply. No exemptions. The deadline for public comments is Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Make an official public comment: https://tinyurl.com/ycka42mw 

CCHF: Supreme Court Wrong to Refuse 10-State Health Care Worker Vaccination Appeal

ST. PAUL, Minn. —  On Monday, October 3, 2022, the Supreme Court refused to take up the 10-state appeal against the Biden administration’s vaccination rule for health care workers in health care facilities that receive federal funds.

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CCHF Says, “End the Emergency Declarations and EUAs Since the Pandemic is Over”

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Reacting to President Biden’s statement that “the pandemic is over,” Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom releases the following statement from Twila Brase, CCHF’s president and co-founder: 

“President Biden said what we’ve all known is true for months. Government officials must take him at his word and end the emergency declarations..."

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Ask Your Governor to Ban Vaccine Passports - SAMPLE LETTER

Dear Governor, I am requesting that you ban vaccination passports. On March 12, the Biden administration announced that they would be releasing guidance on implementing a vaccine passport system nationwide. These passports infringe on my rights to freely engage in daily life. . . .  Please use your executive power to protect me and every other citizen in this state from this aggressive federal assault on my human rights and constitutional freedoms. . . .

If You Don’t Sign the HIPAA Form, Do They Still Have to Treat You?

CCHF’s Month-Long Educational Campaign Begins in April

ST. PAUL, Minn. — HIPAA became effective 20 years ago on April 14, 2003. For two decades, the American public has been led to believe that the “HIPAA Privacy Rule” protects their confidential medical records. To counter this false belief, the Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom will spend the month of April exposing HIPAA as a permissive data sharing rule.

Read More > > > 

OPPOSE Biden Health Care Anti-Discrimination Proposal 

The Biden administration has issued a proposed anti-discrimination health care rule to force doctors to provide “gender-affirming care” regardless of moral or medical objections. Every institution that receives federal dollars would be required to comply. No exemptions. The deadline for public comments is Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Make an official public comment: https://tinyurl.com/ycka42mw 

Tax-Penalty Prohibited for Failure to Buy Health Insurance

Although the mandate to purchase health insurance under Obamacare was ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court to be unconstitutional, Chief Justice ruled that the Congress could tax citizens for inactivity -- for failing to purchase government-approved health insurance. State legislatures should now stand up under their 10th Amendment States' Rights authority to prohibit the taxation of their citizens by the IRS for failure to buy health insurance. NOTE: the requirement to register one's health insurance status with the federal government annually will create a national database unlike any ever before created. Every citizen must register every year with the IRS, whether they pay taxes or not.

Right to Prescribe and Dispense Drugs for Off-Label Purposes without Retribution

A bill for an act relating to health; establishing protections for practitioners and pharmacists when prescribing or dispensing a prescription drug for an off-label use; proposing coding for new law in your state.

Burdensome Regulations Are Pushing Doctors Out of Medicine

ST. PAUL, Minn.—According to a new study from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the nation may face a shortage of nearly 122,000 physicians by 2032, Healthcare Dive has reported. 

In part, the article blames the shortage on the “graying” of America, as both medical professionals and patients age, stating that “one-third of active doctors will be older than 65 within the next decade.” 

Will Employers Choose Your Doctors?

CCHF: Supreme Court Wrong to Refuse 10-State Health Care Worker Vaccination Appeal

ST. PAUL, Minn. —  On Monday, October 3, 2022, the Supreme Court refused to take up the 10-state appeal against the Biden administration’s vaccination rule for health care workers in health care facilities that receive federal funds.

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CCHF Testimony (MN) regarding HF 1520 – Consent for Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing

CCHF responds to HHS Request on COVID MISINFORMATION

The U.S. Surgeon General issued a Request for Information (RFI) on Covid MISINFORMATION and CCHF responded. We pointed to the government itself being the purveyor of DISINFORMATION. They asked for NAMES and we obliged: Fauci, NIH, Birx, President Biden, Pharm, CDC, etc. Our response is now part of the official public record of the RFI. Click this link to submit your own comments for this request no later than Monday, MAY 2, 2022.

If You Don’t Sign the HIPAA Form, Do They Still Have to Treat You?

CCHF’s Month-Long Educational Campaign Begins in April

ST. PAUL, Minn. — HIPAA became effective 20 years ago on April 14, 2003. For two decades, the American public has been led to believe that the “HIPAA Privacy Rule” protects their confidential medical records. To counter this false belief, the Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom will spend the month of April exposing HIPAA as a permissive data sharing rule.

Read More > > > 

OPPOSE Biden Health Care Anti-Discrimination Proposal 

The Biden administration has issued a proposed anti-discrimination health care rule to force doctors to provide “gender-affirming care” regardless of moral or medical objections. Every institution that receives federal dollars would be required to comply. No exemptions. The deadline for public comments is Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Make an official public comment: https://tinyurl.com/ycka42mw 

Exchange Prohibited

State legislators, individuals are organizations can use this proposed legislation as a template for writing their own legislation to prohibit the implementation of a state-run, federally-run, or federally-facilitated health insurance exchange, as defined in sections 1311 and 1321 of Obamacare, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Laws 111-148 and 111-152). NOTE: The federal law does not require states to implement an exchange, and cannot force state legislatures to build a state-run exchange (unconstitutional commandeering), join in a federally-facilitated exchange (federally-run exchange with facade of state control), or share state data on individuals to allow the operation of a Federal Exchange run by HHS. 

The BOLD Republican Plan for Health Care

I’m not going to talk about Obama’s SOTU… except to say that I feel like I did the last time he had to get up and try to sell Obamacare to the nation: he doesn’t want to do it; he feels it’s beneath him; it’s four years after Obamacare and he’s perturbed that he still has to be marketing the law in a speech. So his comments lack passion. 

MEDICAL SHARING: An Inexpensive Alternative to Health Insurance

If the U.S. Senate version of health insurance reform passes and premium costs increase as predicted by the Congressional Budget Office, medical sharing may be one of the only ways for Americans to get affordable coverage," says Twila Brase, president of CCHC

CCHF Submits Written Testimony Opposing MN HF 1030

CCHF submitted written testimony recently opposing HF 1030, a bill introduced and co-authored by Rep. Tina Liebling of the Minnesota House of Representatives.

CCHF responds to HHS Request on COVID MISINFORMATION

The U.S. Surgeon General issued a Request for Information (RFI) on Covid MISINFORMATION and CCHF responded. We pointed to the government itself being the purveyor of DISINFORMATION. They asked for NAMES and we obliged: Fauci, NIH, Birx, President Biden, Pharm, CDC, etc. Our response is now part of the official public record of the RFI. Click this link to submit your own comments for this request no later than Monday, MAY 2, 2022.

ACTION ALERT — Tell Your Senator to Stop National Patient ID!

Congress is deciding right now whether to fund a National Patient ID – a single, federally-issued number that links all your medical records together. This “Unique Patient Identifier” has been prohibited for more than 20 years due to concerns about patient privacy, personal autonomy and the national security risks associated with centralized databases of personal information. Click here to send the key decisionmakers and your U.S. Senators a message asking them NOT to fund a National Patient ID.

If You Don’t Sign the HIPAA Form, Do They Still Have to Treat You?

CCHF’s Month-Long Educational Campaign Begins in April

ST. PAUL, Minn. — HIPAA became effective 20 years ago on April 14, 2003. For two decades, the American public has been led to believe that the “HIPAA Privacy Rule” protects their confidential medical records. To counter this false belief, the Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom will spend the month of April exposing HIPAA as a permissive data sharing rule.

Read More > > > 

What Do You Know About HIPAA?

In 2022, CCHF visited the Minnesota State Fair to interview fairgoers about HIPAA. Our goal was to see what people thought HIPAA stood for and what it accomplished. After hours of interviews, we learned that people have been deceived to believe that HIPAA protects their medical privacy.

Each person we spoke with was shocked to learn that the purpose of HIPAA is not to protect their private medical information – that it actually serves as a permissible data sharing rule.

TAKE ACTION — Stop the National Patient ID

ALERT: As Congress considers year-end funding, the risk of creating a UNIQUE PATIENT IDENTIFIER (UPI) resurfaces. A UPI is a single federal number that would be used to track patients and digitally link all the confidential details of a person’s entire health history and medical record together. URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Please contact the members of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee and your U.S. Senators and ask them to uphold the long-standing BAN on the establishment of and funding for the UPI. CLICK HERE to send a quick message.  

Right of Hospitalized Patients to Receive Treatment from Their Own Doctors

A bill to protect a patient's right to be treated by their regular physician when admitted to a hospital. Establishing protection for physicians to treat their patients even if a patient has been admitted to a hospital where that physician is not employed.

Socialized Medicine USA 1942 - 2020

INFOGRAPHIC: "The Socialized Medicine Takeover by HMOs and Health Plans"   The push to socialized medicine has a long history in America.  See where it all started in this detailed diagram, and how employer-sponsored coverage and managed care have been foundational to its advance. NOTE: CCHF's Wedge of Health Freedom provides one escape route (jointhewedge.com).

Letter to CMS Opposing Proposed Rule to the Stark Law (Physician Self-Referrals)

The proposed rule “proposes exceptions to the physician self-referral law for certain value-based compensation arrangements between or among physicians, providers, and suppliers.” Our organization does not support value-based payment systems, which are anti-ethical to free-markets, competition, medical ethics, and the critically-important confidential patient-doctor relationships.

CCHF Says, “End the Emergency Declarations and EUAs Since the Pandemic is Over”

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Reacting to President Biden’s statement that “the pandemic is over,” Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom releases the following statement from Twila Brase, CCHF’s president and co-founder: 

“President Biden said what we’ve all known is true for months. Government officials must take him at his word and end the emergency declarations..."

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Don’t Share My Cancer Data!

CANCER PATIENT DATA TO CDC? The Minnesota legislature is planning to open the Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System to all 50 state governments and the federal government. The surveillance system is itself a violation of patient rights, but if passed into law, the data will be shared with the CDC’s National Program of Cancer Registries and the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program registry.

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Commentary: Hesitant parents shouldn’t be pressured to give kids the COVID shot

The decision to give the Covid shot to a child should ultimately begin and end with parents. The CDC recently released a statement urging parents to vaccinate their children 6 months to 5 years against COVID-19. Since the CDC’s recommendation, Politico has reported that “just over 5 million doses” have been delivered around the country. However, the CDC’s goal of 20 million children receiving the shot may be unattainable as most parents are unlikely to inject their children, even if they themselves had the shot.

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Texas v. The United States

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom joins with the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, to ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to affirm the invalidation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

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

ST. PAUL, Minn.—A Texas district judge’s recent ruling that the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional, and thus the entire law is "invalid," gives states an opportunity to break free from federal controls over care and coverage, says Citizens’Council for Health Freedom (CCHF). 

Matt Sissel v Department of Health and Human Services, et al

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom joins with the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, and individual physicians to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Matt Sissel v. Department of Health and Human Servs, et al, a case opposing the delete and replace actions of the US Senate in the creation of the Affordable Care Act. 

CCHF Sends FOI Request to Office of Civil Rights Regarding Patients Refused Care for Declining to Sign HIPAA Notice

CCHF has submitted a FOIA request to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). Our request asks for any documentation that OCR has received or sent to physicians and other providers regarding providing care to patients who refuse to sign the HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices. Our goal with this request is to understand any abuses that are happening under the law, as well as to better equip patients to decline to sign the Notice of Privacy Practices.

Right of Hospitalized Patients to Receive Treatment from Their Own Doctors

A bill to protect a patient's right to be treated by their regular physician when admitted to a hospital. Establishing protection for physicians to treat their patients even if a patient has been admitted to a hospital where that physician is not employed.

Ivermectin Available Over-the-Counter

A bill that would make Ivermection available to all patients, providing easy access to life-saving medication when practice protocols or biased decision-making prevent physicians from prescribing ivermection (safe and effective for over 40 years) and prohibiting pharmacists from refusing to dispense a lawfully-written prescription.

TAKE ACTION — Protect Newborn Privacy and Parental Consent

ALERT: Congress returns November 14. In these last weeks of 2022, a parent-consent battle is taking place in Washington, D.C. Proponents of government newborn (genetic) screening want Congress to pass the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act (H.R. 482) before 2023 -- with no parental consent requirements for researcher use of newborn DNA, which has been stored by states without parent consent. Ask Congress to require parent consent. CLICK HERE to send a quick message.  

CCHF Letter to US Senate Opposing National Patient ID

CCHF, along with 25 other individuals and organizations representing American citizens nationwide, sent a letter to Congressional leadership and Members of the Appropriations Committee February 10, 2022, to express strong opposition to ending the longstanding prohibition on funding and development for the controversial, and very troubling, federal Unique Patient Identifier (UPI). See the letter here.

Don’t Share My Cancer Data!

CANCER PATIENT DATA TO CDC? The Minnesota legislature is planning to open the Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System to all 50 state governments and the federal government. The surveillance system is itself a violation of patient rights, but if passed into law, the data will be shared with the CDC’s National Program of Cancer Registries and the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program registry.

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Six Reasons You May Want to Opt Out of Medicare

President Trump signed an executive order that provides choice to seniors and opens the door to a lifetime of private coverage. Seniors will no longer be (illegally) required to enroll in Medicare to receive their Social Security Retirement Benefits (SSRB).   Is this the right choice for you?  Here are 6 reasons why you might want to opt-out of medicare.

Freedom for America's Seniors!

HEALTH FREEDOM WATCH

Volume 22: Issue 4: 4th Quarter 2019 

GOP Should Stay Clear of Medicare Advantage Model When Reforming Health Care System

Six Reasons You May Want to Opt Out of Medicare

President Trump signed an executive order that provides choice to seniors and opens the door to a lifetime of private coverage. Seniors will no longer be (illegally) required to enroll in Medicare to receive their Social Security Retirement Benefits (SSRB).   Is this the right choice for you?  Here are 6 reasons why you might want to opt-out of medicare.

Freedom for America's Seniors!

HEALTH FREEDOM WATCH

Volume 22: Issue 4: 4th Quarter 2019 

CCHF Submits Written Testimony Opposing MN HF 1030

CCHF submitted written testimony recently opposing HF 1030, a bill introduced and co-authored by Rep. Tina Liebling of the Minnesota House of Representatives.

CCHF VIDEO: Who is a “Health Freedom” Candidate?

ST. PAUL, Minn. — With elections just around the corner, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) has released a short video to outline five key issues citizens can use as a litmus test to better know who, if elected, are more likely to defend health freedom and protect patient privacy. Ask these seven questions.

Don’t Share My Cancer Data!

CANCER PATIENT DATA TO CDC? The Minnesota legislature is planning to open the Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System to all 50 state governments and the federal government. The surveillance system is itself a violation of patient rights, but if passed into law, the data will be shared with the CDC’s National Program of Cancer Registries and the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program registry.

Read more...

First-ever ‘Trusted Doctor’ Bill Introduced to Protect Hospitalized Patients

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A bipartisan group of three Senators in the Minnesota legislature have introduced legislation to restore to patients the right to have their trusted physician admit and treat them during hospitalization. The bill establishes “the right of hospitalized patients to receive treatment from their own doctors.” Hospital privileges are not required.

URGENT PRIVACY ALERT Call MN Representatives ASAP

MN Legislature to Vote TOMORROW on Big Business Amendment that Permits Virtually Unfettered Access to Your Private Medical Records / Genetic Data WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT

Health Insurers “Closed for Business”

Health insurers are shutting down for seven months. It’s virtually lights out. Unless you have a qualifying “life event,” you must wait until open enrollment begins Obamacare on November 15. A product once available year around for Americans to purchase no longer is. The entire industry now runs on the Obamacare schedule.

Don’t Share My Cancer Data!

CANCER PATIENT DATA TO CDC? The Minnesota legislature is planning to open the Minnesota Cancer Surveillance System to all 50 state governments and the federal government. The surveillance system is itself a violation of patient rights, but if passed into law, the data will be shared with the CDC’s National Program of Cancer Registries and the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program registry.

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ALERT: Stop Unique Patient Identifier

Call/Write your representatives and ask them to STOP the Unique Patient ID and keep the UPI ban in place in the Appropriations Bill. Find your representative here:

Representatives | House — Representatives | house.gov

U.S. Senate — U.S. Senate: Contacting U.S. Senators

Will Minnesota Lawmakers Let Google Have Patient Medical Records?

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) is calling on Minnesota legislators to hold their ground and defend the Minnesota Health Records Act (MHRA) from large data corporations, health industry giants, and government entities that want it repealed. The MHRA is the nation’s strongest medical privacy and patient consent rights law.

CCHF: Supreme Court Wrong to Refuse 10-State Health Care Worker Vaccination Appeal

ST. PAUL, Minn. —  On Monday, October 3, 2022, the Supreme Court refused to take up the 10-state appeal against the Biden administration’s vaccination rule for health care workers in health care facilities that receive federal funds.

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CCHF Letter to US Senate Opposing National Patient ID

CCHF, along with 25 other individuals and organizations representing American citizens nationwide, sent a letter to Congressional leadership and Members of the Appropriations Committee February 10, 2022, to express strong opposition to ending the longstanding prohibition on funding and development for the controversial, and very troubling, federal Unique Patient Identifier (UPI). See the letter here.

Stop the National Patient ID

What Do You Know About HIPAA?

In 2022, CCHF visited the Minnesota State Fair to interview fairgoers about HIPAA. Our goal was to see what people thought HIPAA stood for and what it accomplished. After hours of interviews, we learned that people have been deceived to believe that HIPAA protects their medical privacy.

Each person we spoke with was shocked to learn that the purpose of HIPAA is not to protect their private medical information – that it actually serves as a permissible data sharing rule.

CCHF: Supreme Court Wrong to Refuse 10-State Health Care Worker Vaccination Appeal

ST. PAUL, Minn. —  On Monday, October 3, 2022, the Supreme Court refused to take up the 10-state appeal against the Biden administration’s vaccination rule for health care workers in health care facilities that receive federal funds.

>>> Read More >>>

CCHF Letter to US Senate Opposing National Patient ID

CCHF, along with 25 other individuals and organizations representing American citizens nationwide, sent a letter to Congressional leadership and Members of the Appropriations Committee February 10, 2022, to express strong opposition to ending the longstanding prohibition on funding and development for the controversial, and very troubling, federal Unique Patient Identifier (UPI). See the letter here.

The Truth About the HIPAA Form

Most people believe that the “HIPAA form” or the Notice of Privacy Practices protects their privacy. However, the reality is the HIPAA form simply states that you acknowledge and understand all the data disclosures allowed. It does not prevent your private health information from being shared without your consent.

If You Don’t Sign the HIPAA Form, Do They Still Have to Treat You?

CCHF’s Month-Long Educational Campaign Begins in April

ST. PAUL, Minn. — HIPAA became effective 20 years ago on April 14, 2003. For two decades, the American public has been led to believe that the “HIPAA Privacy Rule” protects their confidential medical records. To counter this false belief, the Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom will spend the month of April exposing HIPAA as a permissive data sharing rule.

Read More > > > 

What Do You Know About HIPAA?

In 2022, CCHF visited the Minnesota State Fair to interview fairgoers about HIPAA. Our goal was to see what people thought HIPAA stood for and what it accomplished. After hours of interviews, we learned that people have been deceived to believe that HIPAA protects their medical privacy.

Each person we spoke with was shocked to learn that the purpose of HIPAA is not to protect their private medical information – that it actually serves as a permissible data sharing rule.

What Do You Know About HIPAA?

In 2022, CCHF visited the Minnesota State Fair to interview fairgoers about HIPAA. Our goal was to see what people thought HIPAA stood for and what it accomplished. After hours of interviews, we learned that people have been deceived to believe that HIPAA protects their medical privacy.

Each person we spoke with was shocked to learn that the purpose of HIPAA is not to protect their private medical information – that it actually serves as a permissible data sharing rule.

HIPAA - the Federal Medical Privacy Rule

The federal medical privacy rule is commonly known as the "HIPAA privacy rule." However, it actually holds the title, "Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information."

Summary of Five Ideas for a Patient Rights Bill

This is a one-page summary of five pieces of state-based legislation published within our Model State Legislation Library that you could use to create a bill of patients rights under a declared emergency, in the exam room and at the hospital.

"Seven Health Freedom Questions for Legislators" Guide

All legislators and candidates for public office can be asked their position on key health freedom issues. CCHF has outlined these in the form of questions in a new "Seven Health Freedom Questions for Legislators" guide. It is crucial for voters nationwide to research legislators’ positions and platforms in order to elect public officials who care about health freedom and will bring about true and lasting reform to health care policy. Now is the time to ask legislators questions that force them to take a stand on key patient and privacy issues.

CCHF Issues Letter to U.S. Senate Leadership Opposing Becerra Confirmation

While awaiting a Senate confirmation vote, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom issued an urgent plea from Twila Brase to that chamber's leadership speaking out against the nomination of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for Secretary of Health and Human Services.  Read the original letter HERE.  Read the press release HERE.

States Should Follow Florida’s Footsteps and Reopen

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) supports Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ decision to reopen the state’s economy on September 25 after he consulted public health officials.

CCHF Says, “End the Emergency Declarations and EUAs Since the Pandemic is Over”

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Reacting to President Biden’s statement that “the pandemic is over,” Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom releases the following statement from Twila Brase, CCHF’s president and co-founder: 

“President Biden said what we’ve all known is true for months. Government officials must take him at his word and end the emergency declarations..."

>>> Read More >>>

CCHF Sends FOI Request to Office of Civil Rights Regarding Patients Refused Care for Declining to Sign HIPAA Notice

CCHF has submitted a FOIA request to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). Our request asks for any documentation that OCR has received or sent to physicians and other providers regarding providing care to patients who refuse to sign the HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices. Our goal with this request is to understand any abuses that are happening under the law, as well as to better equip patients to decline to sign the Notice of Privacy Practices.

CCHF responds to HHS Request on COVID MISINFORMATION

The U.S. Surgeon General issued a Request for Information (RFI) on Covid MISINFORMATION and CCHF responded. We pointed to the government itself being the purveyor of DISINFORMATION. They asked for NAMES and we obliged: Fauci, NIH, Birx, President Biden, Pharm, CDC, etc. Our response is now part of the official public record of the RFI. Click this link to submit your own comments for this request no later than Monday, MAY 2, 2022.

Finding Common Ground Leads to Major Victories

HEALTH FREEDOM WATCH

Volume 22: Issue 2: 2nd Quarter 2019 

Provider Tax Does NOT Fund MNCare

Watch this well made video from the (Minnesota) New House Republican Caucus:

Minnesotans are being fed a lie by several groups who are lobbying to extend the immoral sick tax, which is set to end this year. It does NOT fund Minnesota care as members of our caucus explain in this video using data from the Minnesota Management & Budget and Dept of Health.

Let It Expire

ST. PAUL, Minn.—For 27 years, medical care providers in Minnesota have been paying a 2% MinnesotaCare tax. It’s set to expire on Dec. 31, 2019, and Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) is one of the few organizations calling for its end. 

ALPHA NEWS published CCHF's Commentary: NFL rationing of medical care exposed by 10-player lawsuit

Covid-19 is “Final Nail in the Coffin” for many Rural Hospitals

ST. PAUL, Minn. — With the nation’s attention riveted on Covid-19, the Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) says the closures of the nation’s hospitals—170 closures of rural hospitals in the last 15 years and growing—is not getting the attention it should receive. 

COVID-19 and the Impact of ACA Consolidation

ST. PAUL, Minn. — With coronavirus spreading nationwide, the Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) wants to remind Americans how ten years of the Affordable Care Act have created barriers and regulations that reduce patient access to care, not only during a nationwide public health crisis but every day of the year.

PUBLISHED — CCHF's OpEd: Digital driver’s license proposal is a bad idea

ALPHA NEWS, May 12, 2022

Digital driver's licenses give government new powers over the population. They threaten personal privacy, security, and autonomy.

In Jurassic Park, Dr. Ian Malcolm uttered the famous words, “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.”

Thankfully, the Minnesota House of Representatives is not debating whether to bring dinosaurs to life. However, one of its bills would require a report on the feasibility of transitioning to digital driver’s licenses in Minnesota — without stopping to consider whether implementing a digital ID is a good idea.

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ACTION ALERT — Tell Your Senator to Stop National Patient ID!

Congress is deciding right now whether to fund a National Patient ID – a single, federally-issued number that links all your medical records together. This “Unique Patient Identifier” has been prohibited for more than 20 years due to concerns about patient privacy, personal autonomy and the national security risks associated with centralized databases of personal information. Click here to send the key decisionmakers and your U.S. Senators a message asking them NOT to fund a National Patient ID.

ALERT: Stop Unique Patient Identifier

Call/Write your representatives and ask them to STOP the Unique Patient ID and keep the UPI ban in place in the Appropriations Bill. Find your representative here:

Representatives | House — Representatives | house.gov

U.S. Senate — U.S. Senate: Contacting U.S. Senators

10 Reasons to ‘Refuse to Enroll’ in Obamacare

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Just a few days remain in the open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and for those still on the fence, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) is sharing the top 10 reasons to “Refuse to Enroll.” 

CITIZEN PETITION - Freedom to NOT CHOOSE Medicare

** Update ** October 3, 2019:

CCHF Applauds POTUS Medicare Executive Order Maximizing Freedom for Patients and Providers

Thank you to everyone who has signed this petition and supported choice for seniors!  When citizens get involved, we can make a difference. CCHF will continue to advocte for changes to secure health freedom.

Click here to view more information on the link between Medicare and Social Security benefits, and how to restore Medicare freedom

I hereby petition the United States Congress and the Administration of President Donald J. Trump to restore freedom and choice to the Medicare and Social Security programs by allowing citizens to claim social security benefits without a requirement to enroll in Medicare.  

5 Whirlwind Days in Washington, D.C.

HEALTH FREEDOM WATCH

Volume 20: Issue 4: 4th Quarter 2017

The Truth About the HIPAA Form

Most people believe that the “HIPAA form” or the Notice of Privacy Practices protects their privacy. However, the reality is the HIPAA form simply states that you acknowledge and understand all the data disclosures allowed. It does not prevent your private health information from being shared without your consent.

CCHF Sends FOI Request to Office of Civil Rights Regarding Patients Refused Care for Declining to Sign HIPAA Notice

CCHF has submitted a FOIA request to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). Our request asks for any documentation that OCR has received or sent to physicians and other providers regarding providing care to patients who refuse to sign the HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices. Our goal with this request is to understand any abuses that are happening under the law, as well as to better equip patients to decline to sign the Notice of Privacy Practices.

Repeal HIPAA “Privacy Rule” and Restore Patient Consent Rights

ST. PAUL, Minn. — In this, the 25th year since the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was enacted, the Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) has a message for Congress: Repeal the “HIPAA privacy rule.” 

Obamacare Forcing Schools to Make Cuts

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Millions of students around the country are returning to school today after a long holiday break. But some of them might see some changes this year in their school personnel—all thanks to Obamacare rules and regulations.

Children and Schools

Mandated School Billing for Special Education Health Services

The 1998 Minnesota K-12 Omnibus Education bill mandated that all schools bill third-party payers (HMOs, insurers, and Medicaid) for health care services given under Special Education. M.S. 125A now mandates that funds ($50,000) be provided for training school staff in coding and other necessary skills and information for submitting Medicaid and insurance claims.

CCHF STATEMENT RE: CBS Story on Newborn DNA Privacy

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Reacting to today’s CBS new story on the privacy of newborn dried blood spots stored after newborn genetic screening, Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom releases the following statement from Twila Brase, CCHF’s president and co-founder: “Newborn blood spots, the DNA of America’s children, have been called a 'national treasure,' but this treasure should never become the property of the state as it is in many states today..."

Baby DNA Retention List 2021

A state-by-state listing of how long the government will keep and store your child's DNA, following the newborn genetic screenings typically performed immediately after birth.

Parents Win In Lawsuit Against Michigan Over Stolen Blood From Newborn Babies; No Consent Means It’s Unconstitutional

ST. PAUL, Minn. — In a landmark case, a Michigan law firm, Outside Legal Counsel, has successfully sued the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. In a major win for the rights of parents and against the government’s long-term storage of a child’s DNA, the court ruled that the state’s unconsented storage and research are unconstitutional. 

Interview Published in The Epoch Times

The idea of creating an affordable, patient-centered parallel system for health care is spreading. On Saturday, January 28, The Epoch Times published their recent interview with CCHF’s president (available online to premium subscribers): “Grassroots Medical Freedom Group Seeks to Replace ‘Conveyor Belt’ Medicine.” In the article, Twila describes how she founded The WEDGE in 2016 to build a New Framework for Health Freedom.

Working Nationwide for Freedom

Hospital Price Transparency

Despite a federal law that mandates that hospitals display the costs of their services and treatments to patients, less than 15% of hospitals do so. This legislation provides protections to patients who are unaware of the costs (due to a failure of the hospital to comply with price transparency laws) associated with their treatment costs.

Ruling Against NY Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers is Right Decision

Reacting to the recent victory for health care workers in New York, Citizens' Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) releases the following statement from Twila Brase, CCHF’s president and co-founder: “The tide is turning away from Covid mandates. New York State Supreme Court Judge Gerard Neri’s Jan. 13 ruling to strike down a statewide mandate for medical staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 is a win for facts and individual freedom. Pfizer has already admitted the vaccine does not stop transmission and it’s clear the Covid shot does not stop anyone from contracting COVID-19. 

CCHF Says, “End the Emergency Declarations and EUAs Since the Pandemic is Over”

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Reacting to President Biden’s statement that “the pandemic is over,” Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom releases the following statement from Twila Brase, CCHF’s president and co-founder: 

“President Biden said what we’ve all known is true for months. Government officials must take him at his word and end the emergency declarations..."

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Helpful COVID-19 Resources

Three resources for public access and assistance within the Coronavirus "drawer" of the CCHF Patient Toolbox. Use them as a resource on the vaccine, adverse reactions, early treatment options and legal assistance.