Twila Brase on DNA Warehouse and Ownership Twila Brase on DNA Warehouse and Ownership
Posted by: CitizensCouncilHC

Video duration: 494 seconds

Twila Brase, president of Citizens' Council on Health Care discussing the controversial 2008 government-endorsed legislation to exempt the annual newborn screening of 73,000 children from the 2006 Minnesota genetic privacy law, and how it will provide government with ownership and genetic research rights over citizen DNA collected at birth.
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Related: blood, cchc, children, dna, health, house, minnesota, newborn, senate
Kathy Kater on the Dangers of Tracking Child BMI Kathy Kater on the Dangers of Tracking Child BMI
Posted by: CitizensCouncilHC

Video duration: 534 seconds

Kathy Kater, LICSW, explains why proposed government monitoring of the body mass index (BMI)?weight?of every child runs contrary to the stated goal of weight and obesity reduction.
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Related: bmi, cchc, children, health, house, minnesota, senate
Twila Brase testifies on 780,000 children in MNDNA Warehouse Twila Brase testifies on 780,000 children in MNDNA Warehouse
Posted by: CitizensCouncilHC

Video duration: 177 seconds

There are 780,000 newborn citizens whose DNA is stored in the Minnesota Department of Health's DNA Warehouse, and 42,210 of them have been genetic research subjects without consent as part of the state newborn screening program, says Twila Brase, president of Citizens' Council on Health Care In testimony

Related: amendment, fourth, genetic, newborn, privacy, property, rights, screening
Crowd Shouts \"It\ Crowd Shouts "It's My DNA" & "No Taxes" at 2008 TaxCut Rally
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Video duration: 288 seconds

Twila Brase, president of Citizens' Council on Health Care, speaking on the steps of the MN State Capitol in Saint Paul to a crowd of 5,000 - 7,000 people at the 2008 Tax Cut Rally on April 13, 2008

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Coverage is Not Care Coverage is Not Care
Posted by: CitizensCouncilHC

Video duration: 28 seconds

Twila Brase discussing "universal coverage" and the difference between coverage and care on WCCO radio (AM 830) with Dennis Douda substituting for Don Shelby April 8, 2008

Related: care, coverage, health, rationing, universal, wcco