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January 25, 2010

Congress Is Trying to Bypass Filibuster-Proof Senate to Pass Insurance Mandate

January 20, 2010

Health Reform Update

• Opposition to Congressional Health Reform Was the Most Important Issue that Fueled Scott Brown's U.S. Senate Victory in Massachusetts, According to Exit Poll Data
• Massachusetts' Mandatory Health Insurance Law Is Not the Model for National Health Reform

January 14, 2010

January Newsletter Posted

• Why a Federal Health-Insurance Mandate Is Unconstitutional
• Would a Federal Health-Insurance Mandate Eliminate Seniors’ Freedom to Contract Privately for Health Care?
• Health Care Reform: 17% Expect Health Care Plan to Lower Costs, 57% Expect Costs to Go Up

December 10, 2009

December Newsletter Posted

• Why the Personal Mandate to Buy Health Insurance Is Unprecedented and Unconstitutional
• Health-Reform Bills: Would Restrictions on Cost-Sharing for Preventive Services Outlaw Private Payment?
• CMS Chief Actuary Says House Bill Will Raise Health-Care Costs

November 20, 2009

November Newsletter Posted

• Senate Mandatory Health-Insurance Bill Infringes on Choice and Privacy
• 49% Oppose; 47% Favor Democrats’ Health-Reform Plan
• Effectiveness of Electronic Health Records Questioned

November 20, 2009

Urgent: Call Your Senators Before 5 pm Friday, Nov. 20 (released via email on Nov

November 12, 2009

The Institute for Health Freedom launched its upgraded website.

November 12, 2009

House Narrowly Passes National, Mandatory Health-Insurance Bill That Requires Insurance Companies to Exchange Data Electronically; Patient Consent Will NOT Be Required In Most Instances

 

November 4, 2009

Contact Congress ASAP and Tell Them to Vote NO on H.R. 3962! H.R. 3962 Infringes on Freedom and Privacy

October 9, 2009

October Newsletter Posted

• Call Your Senators ASAP and Tell Them to “Vote No” on Mandatory Health Insurance
• Senate Finance Committee Approves Mandatory Health Insurance with 40 Percent Tax on High-End Health Plans
• 55% Oppose Penalty for Not Buying Health Insurance
• Judge Clears Way to Void Rules Mandating Enrollment in Medicare, Part A, As a Condition of Receiving Social Security Retirement Benefits
  

September 21, 2009

September Newsletter Posted

• Who’s Against Health Reform?
• Americans Must Reject Insurance Mandate to Prevent Rationing and Privacy Invasions
• Health-Reform Options for Expanding Coverage, Without Expanding Federal Role in Personal Healthcare Decisions

August 28, 2009

August Newsletter Posted

• Does the Leading Health-Reform Bill Increase Competition and Choice, or Lead to Government Takeover of Healthcare?
• Will Individuals’ Advance Directives Be Included in Medical Orders Resulting from End-of-Life Counseling?
• Medicare Trustees’ Report Projects Hospital Insurance Bankruptcy by 2017

August 3, 2009

July Newsletter Posted

• House Health-Reform Bill Establishes “Real Time” Data System to Determine Financial Responsibility and Eligibility for Health Care
• Senate “Affordable Health Choices Act” Includes $723 Billion for Health-Insurance Exchanges
• National ID for Health Insurance and Other Provisions Included in Senate HELP Committee Health-Reform Bill
• Is Medicare More Efficient than Private Insurance?

June 22, 2009

Mandate for Health Insurance: Inconvenient Truths about How It Will Affect You and Your Family

June 21, 2009

June Newsletter Posted

• “Uniquely American” Health Reform Should Preserve Freedom
• Three Health-Freedom Bills Introduced in Congress
• Act Now to Strengthen and Preserve Your Health Freedom and Privacy
  

June 18 , 2009

Patient Advocacy Groups Urge Greater Focus on Patients’ Choice and Privacy Rights in Health-Reform Debate

May 6 , 2009

May Newsletter Posted

• FTC Asks for Public Comment on Notification of Health Data Breaches
• Health-Insurance Mandate Could Lead to National ID and Loss of Privacy
• A Not So Happy Anniversary for the “Massachusetts Model”
  
  

April 27, 2009

Action Alert: Stop Congress from Ramming Through Health Reform Undemocratically Call Congress before Wednesday (4/29/09)

April 8, 2009

April Newsletter Posted

• Recipes: Medical Tyranny or Medical Freedom
• Let These Seniors Go
• Health-Insurance Mandate Leads to Government Control and Politicized Health Care

 

March 26, 2009

March Newsletter Posted

• A Positive Perspective on Health Privacy Rights
• How the Economic Stimulus Law Affects Your Health Privacy Rights
• Are We Heading Toward a Nationally Linked Electronic Health-Records Network? Take the National Health Information Highway Quiz
  
  

February 9 , 2009

February Newsletter Posted

• Economic Stimulus Bill Mandates Utilization of “an” Electronic Health Record for Every American by 2014
• Congress Needs to Add Opt-out and Consent Provisions to Health IT to Ensure Quality Health Care
• Notable & Quotable: HHS’s Comments on Privacy and Quality
  
  

January 14, 2009

January Newsletter Posted

• Economic Stimulus Package and Your Health Privacy
• HHS Secretary Confirmation Hearing: Questions Remain about How to Pay for Proposed Health-Care Expansions
• Lead Plaintiff in Medicare Lawsuit Asks for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction against SSA and HHS