Baby DNA Retention List 2022

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.

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.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS – Refuse to Sign HIPAA

Did you know that HIPAA does not protect your privacy? Did you also know that you are NOT required to sign or initial any healthcare facilities Notice of Privacy Practices, either on paper or any electronic device?  Keep these resources with you on your next visit to a clinic or hospital.  For more information, please go to BigBrotherintheExamRoom.com.

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.

CCHF Sends Letter to Governor of California

CCHF’s President and Co-founder, Twila Brase, contacted Governor Newsom to urge him to veto Assembly Bill 2098 (AB-2098). This bill, if it becomes law, would deem sharing non-sanctioned Covid information to be “nonprofessional conduct,” allowing the California board of medical practice to revoke a doctor’s license to practice.

ALERT: Federal "Social Determinants of Health" Agenda

10 Reasons to Oppose a National Patient ID

Twenty-Two HIPAA Harms

Today is the 22^nd anniversary of HIPAA, the law that eliminated patient privacy rights. On August 21, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed into law “The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act” (HIPAA). In 2003, the “HIPAA privacy rule” (permissive data-disclosure rule) went into effect. To show how little privacy you have, we’ve got a list of 22 ways HIPAA harms you.

REAL ID DPS Commissioner Letter

HIPAA - it’s not an anniversary worth celebrating.

HIPAA, enacted 20 years ago yesterday, has all but eliminated patient privacy. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), enacted on August 21, 1996, enabled computerization of medical records without patient consent and state and national health information (“on the grid”) networks, established national health data and transaction standards and created federal identification and tracking numbers for doctors, hospitals, clinics, health plans, employers and patients.