The Tenpenny Files with Twila Brase

Twila Brase exposes a federal program expanding newborn DNA testing across multiple states, where a child’s full genetic blueprint can be mapped at birth, stored indefinitely, and placed into systems that parents do not control. This is being built into routine newborn screening programs that most families accept without question, with consent often presented during a narrow window when long-term consequences are not clearly explained.

The BEACONs newborn sequencing initiative extends existing state testing into complete genomic profiling, creating records that follow a child into medical files, insurance systems, and future decision-making environments that remain undefined. What is collected at birth does not stay limited to early-life conditions, and the structure around how that data is used continues to expand.

Twila explains how current newborn screening already operates as a nationwide genetic testing system and how expanding the number of conditions increases the likelihood of false positives, triggering calls to parents that alter how they see and care for their child even when follow-up testing does not confirm a condition. These outcomes are rarely discussed during consent, yet they shape real decisions inside families.

The discussion moves into HIPAA and the gap between what patients believe and how data is actually handled once it enters digital systems. Medical records can be accessed and shared across a wide network of entities without direct patient approval, extending far beyond the doctor-patient relationship into administrative, research, and government channels.

REAL ID enters the conversation as part of a broader identity infrastructure that connects biometric data, access, and control. These systems are developed separately, yet they intersect in ways that influence how individuals are identified and managed across multiple areas of life.

This interview brings forward what is happening now and the questions most people have not been given the opportunity to ask. Twila Brase’s book, Big Brother in the Exam Room, documents how these systems were built and how control over medical data shifted away from the patient. The interview provides context that cannot be captured in writing alone, while the book contains the research and documentation that extend beyond this discussion.

There is also a physical layer that continues to influence long-term health outcomes. The body carries cumulative exposure from heavy metals, environmental toxins, and chemical inputs that affect how systems function over time. Supporting the body’s ability to process and remove that burden remains part of maintaining resilience while external systems continue to expand. A targeted detox approach can support that process as part of a broader strategy for protecting long-term health.

Meet our Guest:

Twila Brase is co-founder and president of Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF), a national patient-centered organization focused on protecting medical privacy and patient autonomy. She has spent more than two decades exposing how healthcare systems collect, store, and use personal medical data.

She is the author of the eight-time award-winning book Big Brother in the Exam Room: The Dangerous Truth about Electronic Health Records, which documents how modern health data systems were built and why patients have limited control over their information.

Her work has influenced federal policy, state legislation, and national conversations around genetic privacy, data sharing, and patient rights.

Websites:

https://www.beaconsnbs.org
https://legiscan.com/AZ/bill/HB2957/2026
https://www.cchfreedom.org/real-id-cchf-applauds-arizona-for-advancing-bill-safeguarding-residents-from-federal-overreach/
https://www.cchfreedom.org/save-act-does-not-permit-use-of-standard-real-id-as-proof-of-citizenship-for-voter-registration/
https://healthfreedomdispatch.substack.com/