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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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.

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 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.

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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THIRD PRINTING OF ‘BIG BROTHER IN THE EXAM ROOM’ NOW AVAILABLE!

Award-Winning Book from Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Gives Action Steps for Restoring Health Freedom

ST. PAUL, Minn. —  Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF) has released a new and updated edition of their groundbreaking book, Big Brother in the Exam Room, this time with the often-requested index and revised section on the National Patient ID.

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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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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..."

Proposed Minnesota Health Bill Violates Patient Privacy Rights

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom says the Minnesota Senate Judiciary has failed to review the impact of the pending Senate omnibus health care bill on the privacy and civil rights of Minnesotans. 

In a letter to Minnesota Senator Ron Latz (D-St. Louis Park), Chair of the Senate Judiciary and Policy Safety Committee, which was hand-delivered to his office on Monday, April 3, CCHF laid out provisions in Senate File 2995 related to the collection and storage of individual’s data without the individual’s consent.

Exposing HIPAA: The Deliberate Deception

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