Citizens Council For Health Freedom

Policy initiatives: federal: cchf was in washington, d.c. For several days in january talking to members of congress and their staff about the retirement freedom act (rfa). Other pressing issues cchf tackled on this trip included medicare advantage, and the deception of hipaa. We were also able to meet with the health policy staffer in speaker of the house mike johnson's office, establishing a new relationship with this powerful office. Minnesota legislature: cchf testified against a physician assisted suicide bill in the house, and the bill did not pass. We also submitted testimony to several committees, opposing a public option "insurance" plan, opening medicaid to individuals of any income level. This language in the bill was defeated. Cchf has year-after-year helped to protect the minnesota health records act. After a minnesota supreme court decision, effectively rendering the law moot in october of 2023, cchf worked on language with house and senate leaders to restore these privacy rights. This language was included in an omnibus bill that passed. State legislatures nationwide: cchf worked with state legislators in idaho, iowa, missouri, montana, new hampshire, and west virginia, on critical legislative efforts to protect health freedom. In iowa, cchf was contacted by a state representative requesting help to defeat a bill that would authorize a company to collect, store, and share health information. Cchf analyzed the bill, launched an online campaign, and sent a letter to leadership. The bill did not pass. At the request of a state representative in montana, cchf testified in support of maintaining the nation's strongest genetic privacy law, which cchf helped write the year prior. The law stands. Cchf also traveled to nashville, tn to attend the hazlitt coalition conference of state legislators, where the president participated in a health panel and led a break-out session on model state legislation proposals.

Special projects: wedge of health freedom - the wedge of health freedom (the wedge), a free online listing of direct-pay, patient-centered, affordable, third-party- free practices. In 2024 cchf added more than 50 practices, taking us to 504 listings, including 4 cash-based pharmacies, and a number of dental practices. Medicare guide - in october 2024, cchf released our first-ever medicare how-to guide - a one-of-a-kind resource designed to cut through the confusion and provide a clear path forward through the complex world of medicare plans. This guide was downloaded over 1,300 times in the last two months of the year. The fourth printing of cchf president's book, "big brother in the exam room" was announced and put into production.