The Citizens Council for Healthcare Freedom (CCHF) has launched its “Refuse to Enroll” campaign, with the aim of ruining the health insurance exchanges’ chances of succeeding from the start. It is the first campaign of its kind, as far as President Twila Brase knows.
Brase, an ER pediatrics nurse turned school nurse turned healthcare wonk, leads CCHF. The organization’s single goal: to end Obamacare, what she calls “Medicaid for the middle class,” in total.
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The exchanges will:
- raise premiums
- limit choices
- not be private insurance
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- Privacy concerns: Brase says the IRS will be able to access information on the individuals and employers who opt in to the exchanges.
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“Our whole program is focused on the exchanges as the Achilles’ heel of Obamacare. Exchanges are where Obamacare can be stopped,” she said.
The campaign is largely web-based. CCHF’s website encourages supporters to, amongst other efforts, ask their employers not to enroll in the health insurance exchanges, posting signs in their yard. It even has a flier that it asks its visitors to distribute. The group also distributes the “Health Freedom Minute” to almost 350 radio stations across the States.
Brase says the biggest misconception about Obamacare is “it’s a place to go buy private health insurance.”
The group’s measurement of its success will be in the numbers.
“Their hope is to get 7 million in these exchanges,” Brase said. “We’ll be watching the numbers, hoping that our information is used to keep folks out.”
Brase said CCHF has not accepted money from and is not funded by insurance companies, government agencies, politicians or political parties.
Click here to read my take on this grassroots effort in comparison to the pro-enrollment movement.
