Dear NCPFF Supporters,

Thank you for standing with us in the ongoing work of protecting medical freedom, parental rights, and transparent healthcare policy in North Carolina and beyond. Here is your latest update.

STATE

September Summit in Virginia Beach

NC Physicians for Freedom and the Virginia Medical Freedom Alliance are co-hosting a Health Choice Summit in Virginia Beach this September. Details and registration: https://vamfa.org/health-choice-summit/

The schedule features compelling speakers on today’s most critical issues, including Dr. Paul Marik, Dr. Ravenel (NCPFF Board member), and NCPFF Director Dianna Lightfoot.

Playing Monopoly with Real Money: Blue Cross Takes Over

The NC State Health Plan Board of Trustees recently voted to return management of the state healthcare plan to Blue Cross. State Treasurer Brad Briner cited “a change in direction by the current administration.” Board information: https://www.shpnc.gov/board-trustees

North Carolina’s population exceeds 10 million. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina already controls approximately 80–97% of the state’s commercial and individual health insurance markets.

The North Carolina State Health Plan manages an estimated $3.5–4 billion in annual medical and pharmacy claims and oversees benefits for approximately 750,000 active state employees, teachers, retirees, and their dependents.

In addition, Blue Cross:

• Insures 2.3 million individuals through its own NC plans
• Administers coverage for 2 million individuals under private, employer-sponsored plans
• Serves 1.2 million members locally on behalf of other regional Blue Cross Blue Shield plans
• Manages benefits for 500,000 Medicaid recipients through its Healthy Blue program
• Is the only provider offering Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans in all 100 North Carolina counties

Many are concerned about this near-monopoly (or oligopoly), where meaningful competition is nearly absent. In a free market, competition lowers costs and improves quality—especially in healthcare.

School-Based Health Clinics

NCPFF is closely monitoring the expansion of school-based clinics as the 2026 school year approaches.

North Carolina currently has more than 90 school-based health centers (SBHCs) serving over 30,000 students. School health services and alternative models (telehealth or mobile clinics) operate in roughly 46% of the state’s counties.

Models include:

• Traditional SBHCs: On-site facilities offering comprehensive medical and behavioral health services
• Telehealth Clinics: Virtual care networks (such as Health-e-Schools or hospital partnerships) serving more than 130 additional rural and low-income schools
• Mobile Units: Van-based care visiting multiple campuses on rotation

Although North Carolina has a parental consent-to-treat law, age limits for consenting to emotional and mental health treatment are not included. We have learned that children as young as 10 have “consented” to virtual mental health treatment. How data from these counseling sessions is managed has not been clearly explained.

Parents: Please carefully review any agreements you are asked to sign at the start of the school year.

NATIONAL

Senate Hearing with Dr. Anthony Fauci

During today’s Senate Hearing with Dr. Anthony Fauci, millions of viewers learned what many had long suspected—and some of us already knew—that we were misled, lied to, and treated like infants with no ability to reason or make decisions about our health.

Why? Trust in the self-proclaimed experts, and the fear they engendered—a prime human motivator. The resulting death, destruction, and disabilities are unprecedented in world history.

The two most outstanding reasons were trust and fear. Trust in public health “experts” who were charged with protecting health, but with COVID-19, officials like Dr. Fauci often made up the “science,” apparently intending to create fear, one of the greatest human motivators.

In retrospect, many think we’ll never allow this to happen again, but it easily could. Hemorrhagic fevers like Ebola make COVID-19 symptoms look like a bad cold, and it would take only a few cases and more bad science from ego-driven experts to flood the world with fear and compliance—again.

Prospectively, there will be another crisis. This time, let’s pray to remember the terrible cost of blanket trust, a rush to comply with “settled science” (an oxymoron), and the resulting dependence that can cause us to lose our power.

HHS Proposes COVID-19 Vaccine Injury Compensation Table

The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a rule that would establish a COVID-19 Countermeasures Injury Table for the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP). Program information: https://www.hrsa.gov/cicp

Key points:

• The CICP was authorized to provide benefits to certain persons who sustain serious physical injury or death as a direct result of the administration or use of covered countermeasures identified under the PREP Act.
• Death benefits may be provided to certain survivors.
• An individual can demonstrate a covered injury by showing that the injury is listed on the Countermeasures Injury Table and occurred within the specified time interval.
• The Table will list injuries presumed to be caused by covered COVID-19 countermeasures based on compelling, reliable, valid medical and scientific evidence, along with the required onset time periods.

Some remain concerned that the burden of proof on injured individuals remains too high.

Vaccine Cover-Up Video

This compelling video examines the misinformation and obfuscation surrounding vaccine injury. Watch: https://youtu.be/lOu1GnILGBA

WHO Alternative: A Decentralized International Health Organization

A new policy report from the International Health Reform Project (IHRP)—a panel of independent experts including former UN officials, physicians, and academics—diagnoses the structural failures exposed by recent global health responses. Report: https://internationalhealthreformpanel.org/

The authors propose either deep reform of the WHO or the creation of a new, decentralized International Health Organisation (IHO) that prioritizes:

• Transparent, accountable collaboration without coercion
• Focus on root causes of health (sanitation, nutrition, education, economic well-being)
• Informed consent, non-maleficence (“first, do no harm”), and individual autonomy
• Sustainable capacity-building that reduces dependency

CDC Shake-Up — Will the Real Dr. Erica Schwartz Please Stand Up?

Late last week, Matthew Buzzerilli, CDC Chief of Staff (sometimes referred to as Acting Director), left the agency abruptly, with no details provided about his next role.

Meanwhile, the Senate grilled Dr. Erica Schwartz, military veteran and President Trump’s nominee for CDC Director. Dr. Schwartz reportedly promoted mandatory military vaccine policy and supported punitive action against those who declined the shot. She has also made conflicting statements regarding mRNA vaccines, the cause of autism, and COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Coverage: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-health/senate-committee-grills-cdc-director-nominee-erica-schwartz

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With gratitude,
NC Physicians for Freedom