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HEALTH CARE REFORM: 10 Things Patients & Doctors Need to Know Intrusions in patient & employee lives Research for rationing? Reduced medicare payments Insurance mandate reporting to IRS “National Strategy” established Home surveillance Criminalizing doctors? Tracking of free drug samples Targeted populations for surveillance “Elder Justice” surveillance The new federal health care reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), gives the federal government access to private medical and insurance data without consent to monitor patients/families, limit access to care, conduct research, create intrusive databases & enforce compliance. SOLUTIONS: State legislators can protect the patient-doctor relationship and individual control over private treatment and insurance decisions by enacting strong State laws: Freedom of conscience for practitioners Health, insurance & genetic privacy rights (45 CFR PART 160 - Subpart B) Patient consent requirements Undo mandate to buy insurance (§1332) Data ownership rights PRIVACY & HEALTH CARE REFORM TEN THINGS PATIENTS & DOCTORS NEED TO KNOW 161 St. Anthony Avenue, Suite 923 Saint Paul, MN 55103 P: 651.646.8935 E: [email protected] www.cchfreedom.org © Copyright 2014 Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom May copy without alteration. CONTACT CONGRESS & YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS! Ask them to support medical privacy and patient & doctor freedom. SUPPORT CCHF’S EFFORTS TO PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY & FREEDOM: Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom is an IRS-approved 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that does not receive any government funding. bit.ly/donate2cchf SUBSCRIBE: eNews: our weekly email newsletter bit.ly/enews-letter Health Freedom Minute: One-minute radio spot each weekday bit.ly/CCFHome

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Page 1: HEALTH CARE REFORM: CONTACT CONGRESS 10 Things … · HEALTH CARE REFORM: 10 Things Patients & Doctors Need to Know • Intrusions in patient & employee lives • Research for rationing?

HEALTH CARE REFORM: 10 Things Patients & Doctors

Need to Know

• Intrusions in patient & employee lives

• Research for rationing?

• Reduced medicare payments

• Insurance mandate reporting to IRS

• “National Strategy” established

• Home surveillance

• Criminalizing doctors?

• Tracking of free drug samples

• Targeted populations for surveillance

• “Elder Justice” surveillance

The new federal health care reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), gives the federal government access to private medical and insurance data without consent to monitor patients/families, limit access to care, conduct research, create intrusive databases & enforce compliance.

SOLUTIONS: State legislators can protect the patient-doctor relationship and individual control over private treatment and insurance decisions by enacting strong State laws:

• Freedom of conscience for practitioners

• Health, insurance & genetic privacy rights (45 CFR PART 160 - Subpart B)

• Patient consent requirements

• Undo mandate to buy insurance (§1332)

• Data ownership rights

PRIVACY &

HEALTH CARE

REFORM

TEN THINGS

PATIENTS & DOCTORS

NEED TO KNOW

161 St. Anthony Avenue, Suite 923Saint Paul, MN 55103

P: 651.646.8935E: [email protected]

www.cchfreedom.org

© Copyright 2014 Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom May copy without alteration.

CONTACT CONGRESS & YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS!

Ask them to support medical privacy and patient & doctor freedom.

SUPPORT CCHF’S EFFORTS TO PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY & FREEDOM:

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom is an IRS-approved 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that does not receive any government funding.

bit.ly/donate2cchf

SUBSCRIBE:eNews: our weekly email newsletter

bit.ly/enews-letter

Health Freedom Minute:One-minute radio spot each weekday

bit.ly/CCFHome