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For Immediate Release

February 13, 2013

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Will Your State Remain Free?

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom Urges Governors to Stand Firm in Refusing to
Implement “Partnership” Exchanges in the Face of Health and Human Services’
February 15 Deadline

ST. PAUL, M.N. – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ deadline for states to
partner with the federal government on health insurance exchanges is Friday, February 15.
For the 26 states that remain free of Obamacare’s expensive and intrusive grip, the Citizens’
Council for Health Freedom (www.cchfreedom.org) is calling on them to remain firm in their
denial of federal, state, or partnership exchanges, all of which lead to federal control of
healthcare, intrusiveness into private data for citizens, and costly penalties for a wide range of
employers.

“The 25 governors who have refused these Federal takeover centers to date must remain resolute
in their stance to prevent government health exchanges from being implemented in their states,”
said Twila Brase, President of the Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom. “Many individuals are
already experiencing just a fraction of the coming sticker shock of increased health care prices,
and if exchanges and Obamacare are implemented fully, the costs will be far worse. Governors
must protect the citizens, businesses, and state they were elected to serve by denying
implementation of any government health exchange.”

Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom has outlined states that remain free of the grip of the intrusive
Obamacare exchanges in its latest diagram.

CCHF ● 161 St. Anthony Ave, Ste 923 ● St. Paul, MN 55103 ● 651-646-8935 ● www.cchfreedom.org
Citizens in states that may still implement an Obamacare exchange can find their governors’ contact
information and see a sample letter to stop the exchanges on the Citizens’ Council for Health
Freedom website at http://www.cchfreedom.org/Congressional-and-Legislative-
Contacts.php#.URUglmcSibI.

The Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom provides extensive research and resources for
individuals that want to better understand the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – also
known as PPACA or Obamacare – law and the potential impact on healthcare and insurance
coverage. For more information, citizens can visit www.cchfreedom.org.

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Twila Brase is president and co-founder of the Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom. She has been called one of the
“100 Most Powerful People in Health Care” and one of “Minnesota’s 100 Most Influential Health Care Leaders.” The
Council’s efforts have stopped government-issued treatment directives, added informed consent requirements for access
to patient data and defeated a proposed Health Insurance Exchange. Brase’s daily radio commentary, Health Freedom
Minute, is a 60-second radio address on pressing health care issues. She has been interviewed by CNN, Fox News,
Minnesota Public Radio, NBC Nightly News, NBC’s Today Show, NPR, New York Public Radio, the Associated Press,
Modern Healthcare, TIME, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and The Washington Times, among others.

CCHF ● 161 St. Anthony Ave, Ste 923 ● St. Paul, MN 55103 ● 651-646-8935 ● www.cchfreedom.org