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2008

• MN Legislature Plan to Expand Government Role in Health Care in 2008
  • Legislative Commission for Health Care Access
  • Governor's Health Care Transformation Task Force
  
  
• 05/15/08: CCHC Asks Governor to Veto Baby "DNA Warehouse" Bill
• 05/14/08: CCHC Delivers Pile of Petitions & Bunch of Business Cards to Governor Pawlenty
• 05/13/08: Less than Perfect: Governor Pawlenty's Health Care Reform Veto
• 04/17/08: MN House votes unanimously to gut the Minnesota Genetic Privacy Law
• 04/09/08: CCHC Asks President Bush to Veto National "DNA Warehouse" bill, S. 1858
• 04/01/08: MN Senate votes to warehouse all newborn citizen DNA for genetic research without parent consent
• 03/31/08: CCHC Asks Gov. Pawlenty not to balance the budget on the backs of the sick
• 03/27/08: CCHC tells Gov. Pawlenty thank you
• 03/21/08: CDC gives $38.1 million to build intrusive patient monitoring system
• 03/13/08: TODAY: CCHC to testify in opposition to legislation that legalizes a State "DNA Warehouse" and allows genetic research on children without consent
• 01/31/08: CCHC Issues Citizens' Report of Dissent on Governor's Health Care Transformation Task Force Recommendations
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  The Health Insurance Exchange bill Threatens Free-Market Medicine

  Health care legislation now proposed by Minnesota's House and Senate Democrats includes the Governor's Health Insurance Exchange, along with a vast array of new government bureaucracies. While the fiscal impact is unknown of the entire bill is unknown, the Exchange's impact on free-markets in insurance and medicine is clear. Listen in to recent interviews with Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Delano) and Twila Brase, president of CCHC.

  Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Delano)

  
  

  Twila Brase (CCHC President)

  CITIZENS' REPORT OF DISSENT: A Critical Evaluation of the Principles and Recommendations of the Minnesota Health Care Transformation Task Force.     ( Brief Summary )

  Health Care Transformation Task Force Report, January 2008 (released 2/5/08)

2005

• 12/16/05: Merry Christmas...and Here's Your Lump of Coal! U.S. Agency Sends Dire Warning
• 07/13/05: MN Legislators Put Bureaucrats at Bedside
• 07/06/05: United Health Merger: Consolidation Means Control
• 07/05/05: Young People Face High Health Insurance Rates in Minneapolis
• 06/09/05: MN Senate Proposal to Governor Needs "Truth in Advertising"
• 06/03/05: CCHC Releases Statement: Will U.S.Government Listen to Public's Privacy Concerns about
  Planned National Health Information Network (NHIN)?
• 05/24/05: National Physician ID Card Threatens Patient Privacy
• 05/12/05: CCHC NEWS CONFERENCE: Minnesota Citizens Say "No Bureaucrats at the Bedside"
• 04/22/05: MN House Dismisses Consideration of Ethics in Genetic Research
• 04/11/05: House Bill will Eviscerate Medical Privacy of Minnesotans
• 03/25/05: UnitedHealthCare Cuts Access to 73% of Doctors
• 02/25/05: "Super Size Me" is a Super-Sized Distortion of Reality, Not a Documentary
• 02/14/05: Governor and Mayo Clinic Decline Open Discussion of Genetic Research Plan
• 02/11/05: Citizens' Council on Health Care calls on the Food and Restaurant Industry to have SUBWAY
  Cease their Attack Ads
• 02/10/05: Citizens' Council on Health Care Raises Medical and Genetic Privacy Concerns at Hearings Today
  and Monday
• 01/31/05: CCHC forces MN health department to hold hearing
• 01/27/05: Minnesota Medical Association Report Disappoints
• 01/19/05: Adverse event report could mislead
• 01/18/05: Will Patient Consent be Required for Minnesota's Genomic Research Initiative?

• 12/13/04: WAKE-UP CALL: Technocrats are Taking Over the Practice of Medicine.
• 11/29/04: Minnesota Governor Announces "Cookie-Cutter Medicine" Plan
• 10/14/04: CBO: No Cost Savings in Disease Management
• 10/06/04: HealthPartners No-Pay Policy Bodes Ill for Patients
• 09/15/04: CCHC President is Named Advisor to LifeSharers LifeSharers is an innovative network of organ
  donors
• 07/13/04: MN GOP Party Takes Stand Against Republican Sponsored Health Care Law
• 06/23/04: Citizen Demand Forces Truth from Health Commissioner at Public Meeting of the Governor's
  Health Cabinet
• 06/02/04: CCHC Photo Gets Quick Response from Governor's Office
• 05/27/04: Disturbing Discovery in the Governor's Office petitions not seen?)
• 05/19/04: CCHC has advice for Governor on how to proceed with "best practices" bill
• 05/14/04: CCHC Delivers First Set of Citizen Petitions to MN Governor and Legislative Leadership
• 04/28/04: "Government Should Not Direct the Practice of Medicine,"Say Panel of MN Physicians and Business
  Owners
• 04/02/04: MN House Refuses to Stop "State Cookbook of Medicine"
• 04/01/04: CCHC Rebuts Rep. Bradley's Form Letter to Opponents of "Best Practices"
• 03/30/04: Physicians Oppose "Best Practices" Legislation
• 03/23/04: CCHC responds publicly to Rep. Bradley's Email to MN House
• 03/12/04: MN House adds CCHC privacy amendments on genetic research and birth defects registry
• 03/10/04: Birth Defects Database: CCHC to testify against creating a state database of the disabled
• 02/24/04: House Bill Pulled, but State Medical Practice Directives Remain
• 02/05/04: Governor Pawlenty's "Best Practices" Plan Based on Faulty Premise
• 01/06/04: JANUARY 8: CCHC Joins WCCO Radio for new "Patient's Perspective" Call-In Program

2003

• 12/29/03: MN "Patient Tax" to increase January 1, 2004
• 11/24/03: CCHC Requests Documents from the Mayo Clinic and University of Minnesota Seeks policies and
  procedures related to Governor's biotechnology initiative in genetic research
• 11/21/03: The Medicare Bill - A Good Idea or a Bad Idea?
• 11/18/03: Minnesota DFL Senators Push Government-Health-Care-For-All Plan
• 11/17/03: MN REPUBLICAN HEALTH CARE PLAN: Good ideas and troubling proposals
• 11/12/03: Senator Norm Coleman's Medicare Payment Plan Questioned by CCHC
• 09/08/03: Governor's Citizen Health Care Forum Lacks Citizens
• 08/14/03: MEDICARE DRUG PROPOSAL a $118 million-a-day tax increase
• 07/30/03: GAO Issues Stinging Report on Privacy Act Compliance
• 07/24/03: CCHC Provides Online Comparison of Patient Safety Bills in Congress
• 07/23/03: PATIENT SAFETY BILLS: More surveillance; less care(correction)
• 07/22/03: PATIENT SAFETY BILLS: More surveillance; less care
• 07/15/03: MEDICARE REFORM: Patients are Answer to Medicare's Overspending Problems
• 06/12/03: Senate's Medicare Drug Plan will Limit Senior's Choice of Medication
• 06/02/03: CCHC Highlights Impact of Efforts at 2003 Legislative Session
• 05/15/03: MN Business Leaders Support State-Imposed Health Care Rationing
• 05/14/03: Oregon's Health Care Rationing Plan Proposed for Minnesota Patients
• 04/30/03: MN House Adds Informed Opt-Out Requirement to Newborn Genetic Screening
• 04/10/03: MN House Author Drops Attempt to Repeal MN Health Data Collection Law
• 04/08/03: APRIL 14: Official End of Medical Privacy Rights for America's Patients
• 03/25/03: CCHC encourages U.S. Labor Secretary to help Americans move out of employer-sponsored
  health insurance
• 03/21/03: Withdrawal of MN Health Data Collection Rule Changes Nothing
• 03/19/03: Minnesota Committee Votes Tomorrow On Creating Inventory Of "Less Than Perfect" Children
• 03/18/03: Prepare Citizens For Future Without Medicare
• 03/13/03: Bipartisan Senate Bill to Stop State Health Database Introduced
• 03/03/03: "Increase" In Minnesota's Health Care Tax Set For 2004
• 02/05/03: CCHC Offers Legislative Committee 18 Suggestions For "Doing More With Less"
• 01/24/03: Bush Medicare Plan is Boon For HMO's, Not Patients

2002

• 12/30/02: Governor Ventura's "No Veto" of Health Data Rule Places Pressure on Minnesota Legislature
• 12/02/02: Judge's Ruling: Minnesota Citizens Have No Right To Medical Privacy
• 11/27/02: Proposed Federal Guidance Threatens Patient Access To Medication
• 11/20/02: CCHC Report: The Public Opposes Government Access To Medical Records
• 11/07/02: Oregon was Right to Reject Universal Coverage
• 08/30/02: CCHC Forces Judicial Hearing on MN Medical Data Rule: Members of the public can express
  concerns to the judge about the rule -- by email until September 18, 2002 and by mail until October 11, 2002 (see details in press release)"
• 08/20/02: Minnesota Health Department Wants Date Of Baby's Conception: Health Officials Set to Collect
  Detailed Patient Data without Patient Consent
• 08/09/02: Balanced Against Other Interests, Patient Privacy Lost Out in Bush Administration's Modification of
  Federal Medical Privacy Rule
• 06/17/02: Would a Medicare Drug Plan Follow Oregon's New Drug Rationing Process?
• 06/10/02: CCHC Public Comments On Federal Smallpox Proposal (6/17/02 - REVISED CCHC POSITION: Due
  to the potential for recently vaccinated individuals to inadvertently spread the vaccinia virus to others, CCHC will reconsider open access to smallpox vaccine. See Vaccinations)
• 05/24/02: MN Health Powers Act Passes
• 05/02/02: MN Public Loses Rights in Health Powers Conference Committee
• 04/23/02: ONLY 4 DAYS LEFT: Unless Public Comments, Patient Consent and Patient Privacy may Disappear
• 04/10/02: Proposed Minnesota Drug Plan May Lead to Less Access
• 04/09/02: Ten Tips for Finding the 'Uninsurance' in Health Insurance Policies
• 03/25/02: Debate over Medical Privacy Rule Political and Misdirected
• 02/13/02: U of MN Breach of Donor Confidentiality Shows Problems with Computer System
• 02/11/02: CCHC Testifies to Constitutional Concerns In Minnesota Health Powers Act
• 02/06/02: CCHC Closed Meeting Provision Attached to Anti-Terrorism Bill
• 01/31/02: HHS Unveils 24/7 Plan to Track Patients
• 01/30/02: "Freedom's Victory" Not Found in President's Pledge to Public Health Surveillance
• 01/08/02: HHS Should Extend Public Comment Deadline on New Medicare Database

Twila Brase, CCHC president, presenting on medical research and deidentification of data at the National Press Club for the release of the Institute for Health Freedom's Gallup poll results on medical privacy, September 26, 2000.

• 12/13/01: CCHC's "Tax on Patients" Poster To Be Distributed Statewide by
  Health Care Groups
• 12/11/01: CCHC President is Board Member of the New Patient Safety
  Institute
• 12/04/01: CDC's Model State Emergency Health Powers Act Goes Too Far
• 10/30/01: CCHC Disputes NAIC's Opt-in Privacy Protections for
  Gramm-Leach-Bliley Legislation
• 10/11/01: Patient Safety Initiative May Lead to Rationing of Care
• 08/22/01: FOR THE RECORD: CCHC's New Online Medical Privacy Forms
• 07/16/01: Lawsuit Against HHS and Medical Privacy Rule is Step in Right
  Direction
• 06/29/01: No Tax Relief for Minnesota Patients
• 05/31/01: Election of Former HHS Secretary Shalala to HMO Concerning
• 05/03/01: Minnesota Loses Another Health Insurance Option
• 03/13/01: CCHC Testifies; Vaccine Mandating Authority Up for Grabs in
  Minnesota
• 02/20/01: Medical Privacy and Patient Consent Opposed by Broad MN
  Coalition
• 01/25/01: Legislature may unwittingly help HMOs cut financial obligations
  to patients
• 01/04/01: Provider tax plan ill-advised

• 12/20/00: Final Privacy Rule Authorizes Broad Disclosures; Uses
• 10/13/00: New MN Health Plan May Limit Care Through Standardization
• 10/09/00: NAIC Privacy Regulation Gives Broad Access to Medical Records
• 07/11/00: Medicare Celebration Not in Order
• 06/23/00: WHO Health Report Chided: US System Rates First with Patients
• 02/15/00: CCHC releases a report on the MinnesotaCare Provider Tax