The Tenpenny Files: On Your Health and more, and special guest Twila Brase

Topics in this episode:

• Two-Sided Doc and Discussion About What Each Administration Would Do Differently: CCHF recently published a “Top Ten” doc to discuss the differences in health care policy between the Trump-Vance and Harris-Walz tickets. View it HERE

• Strange Bedfellows for Subsidies: This coalition between some Republicans and some Democrats is causing alarm – extending Obamacare subsidies will just mean a bigger burden on the American taxpayer.  Learn more HERE

• Trust in Hospitals and Doctors Plummets:  There has been an alarming shift in trust between patients and doctors, as patients point to third-party interests, agendas, increasing corporatization, and bias in medicine. Can the health care system be redeemed?  Read more HERE

• HIPAA and Its Privacy Limits Revealed:  Of course, HIPAA does nothing to protect patient privacy – and it does everything to erode privacy. This major legal win exposed third-party involvement in the privacy battle and reveals how many entities have access to our health care data.  Learn more HERE

• Regrets Over UHC/Optum Takeovers:  The push for United Health Optum’s division to amass a health care empire has resulted in administrative burdens, payment issues, and the corporatization of medicine. Doctors and health care professionals are fed up.  Read it HERE

• A.I. Discrimination?:  While there are plenty of questions about A.I. presenting discriminatory and biased information, we’d argue that MORE regulation isn’t the answer. Should medical professionals rely on A.I. – and will this take the place of real doctors in the exam room?  Read it HERE

• ACTION ALERT: Stop REAL ID!:  A new REAL ID action by the Biden administration is here – with an October 15, 2024 deadline for public comment. This is a “phased enforcement” of REAL ID, which is a push towards a “social credit system.” Make your voice heard today and share this important message with your friends and family. Say NO to REAL ID HERE!

About my guest:

Twila Brase is president and co-founder of Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF), a patient-centered, privacy-focused, free-market, policy organization established in Minnesota 23 years ago to protect patient and doctor freedom.

Her efforts have led to amazing results including 1) a national law requiring parental consent for research using newborn DNA, 2) a national campaign exposing HIPAA as a data-sharing rule and 3) and the development of The Wedge of Health Freedom and the Patient Toolbox, easy-to-use tools to help patients understand their options in coercive situations and maintain control over their treatment decisions.

On an even broader scale, Twila’s “Health Freedom Minute” is heard daily by more than 5 million listeners on more than 870 radio stations in 48 states. She has provided testimony to members of Congress, in state legislatures and around the country. Her work has been featured by CNN, Forbes, Fox News, THE HILL, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and more!

All of these efforts lead to the Minnesota Physician to include her on the list of the “100 Most Influential Healthcare Leaders” in 2020.

And in the midst of ALL that she does, she is author of the eight-time award-winning book Big Brother in the Exam Room: The Dangerous Truth About Electronic Health Records