08-25-2025
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This week on This Week with Dr. T, I’m joined by Twila Brase, a national thought leader in medical freedom and the president of Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF). For over 25 years, Twila has been on the front lines, exposing the threats to personal medical choice, privacy, and government overreach in healthcare. In this episode, she breaks down the most urgent issues affecting your health rights—and what’s being done to protect them.
A few topics on the agenda:
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RFK Update: What do his recent moves—ousting pro-pharma committee members, banning thimerosal, canceling mRNA contracts, and removing vaccine-related financial incentives—mean for medical freedom?
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The AAP push to end non-medical vaccine exemptions, including religious exemptions, as over 200 new vaccines are in development.
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CMS expanding rationing in Medicare through new prior authorization controls.
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CCHF’s new Organ Donation Refusal Card—why it was created and what it means for protecting patient safety.
Twila Brase brings clarity, courage, and insight to the fight for healthcare freedom. If you care about medical rights, informed consent, or resisting digital control, this is an episode you can’t afford to miss.
Be sure to this critical conversation.
Stay alert. Stay informed. Stay free.
Important link references from this interview:
www.cchfreedom.org
RFK Jr.’s plans for preventive health panel spark ‘deep concerns’ from American Medical Association,” Sara Moniuszko, CBS NEWS,j July 29, 2025: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-preventive-health-panel-concerns-medical-associations/
“Health Secretary RFK Jr. overrules scientist, bans Thimerosal vaccine preservative tied to autism claims,” Global Desk, The Economic Times, August 2, 2025:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/health-secretary-rfk-jr-overrules-scientists-bans-thimerosal-vaccine-preservative-tied-to-autism-claims/articleshow/123071016.cms?from=mdr
“HHS, CMS Eliminate Financial Pressure Tied to Hospital Staff Vaccination Reporting,” (press release), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, August 1, 2025:
https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-cms-end-vaccine-reporting-incentives.html#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20%2D%20Health%20and%20Human%20Services,coercive%20and%20denied%20informed%20consent.
“Researchers quietly planned a test to dim sunlight. They wanted to ‘avoid scaring’ the public,” Corbin Hiar, POLITICO, July 27, 2025: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/27/california-sunlight-dimming-experiment-collapse-00476983
“Benefits of Sunlight: A Bright Spot for Human Health,” M.Nathaniel Mead, Environmental Health Perspectives, May 2008: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2290997/
“End Non-Medical Vaccine Exemptions, AAP Says,” Jennifer Henderson, MedPage Today, July 28, 2025:
https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/vaccines/116686#:~:text=AAP’s%20policy%20was%20first%20written,are%20appropriate%20and%20evidence%2Dbased
“Raleigh County Circuit Judge: Mandatory Vaccine Law Invalid Without Religious Exemption,” Micah Leith, WOAY (ABC), July 24, 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBsdcvwaBH4
“Vaccines in the Pipeline,” Immunize for Good (project of the Colorado government), n.d., accessed July 28, 2025: https://immunizeforgood.com/the-vaccines/vaccines-in-the-pipeline/
“CMS to add prior authorization for traditional Medicare services,” Alan Condon, Becker’s Hospital Review, June 30, 2025: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/cms-to-add-prior-authorization-for-traditional-medicare-services/
https://www.cchfreedom.org/medicare-at-60-time-to-set-seniors-free/
https://www.cchfreedom.org/cchf-releases-organ-donation-refusal-card/
“When hospitals buy physician practices, the costs go up, analysis indicates,” Our Take, Darwin Research Group, July 28, 2025:
https://darwinhealth.campaigns.dmanalytics2.com/usr/a4f53fa98c76e08a6a052744c6ccdf4a/eml/oxEes–9Q8G-_AVqnGjRDw?e=twila%40cchfreedom.org&a=AZhNe4hlfdy797kgSDuQ3g&b=FYPKieVUSS2CETjA-PkTHw&t=1
“Are Hospital Acquisitions of Physician Practices Anticompetitive?” Zack Cooper et.al, NBER Working Paper Series, National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2025:
https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w34039/w34039.pdf?utm_campaign=Our%20Take&utm_term=working%20paper&utm_medium=email&utm_source=directmailmac