CEO of health records company that locks out parents is major Democratic donor
Breccan F. Thies
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Judith Faulkner, founder and CEO of Epic Systems, an electronic health software company that facilitates separating parents from children in medical decision-making, is a major donor to left-wing candidates.
A Washington Examiner investigation revealed that Faulkner’s company has been used by doctors as the conduit, often through minor consent laws, to allow children to pursue medical pathways like cross-sex hormones and genital mutilation surgeries without the knowledge or consent of their parents.
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A review of Federal Election Commission and Wisconsin campaign finance filings reveal Faulkner’s heavy favor of politically left candidates, some of whom support the very minor consent laws her company uses to bypass parental rights, such as Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, who received $20,000 from Faulkner during his reelection bid last year.
Faulkner, whose company is based in Wisconsin, has also given thousands to candidates like now-President Joe Biden, Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and former Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes in his Senate challenge to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) in 2022, as well as the Democratic parties of Wisconsin, Virginia, Minnesota, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, and North Carolina.
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“Judith Faulkner is the heart and soul of Epic Systems, and she’s also one of the leading liberal advocates donating millions of dollars to liberal causes in Wisconsin and around the country,” Tom Jones, the president of the American Accountability Foundation, told the Washington Examiner. “Americans should be rightly concerned that a large portion of the country’s medical records are controlled by a reclusive radical liberal activist who has made it part of her life’s work to promote social policies that are out of step with average Americans. “
Faulkner’s Epic empire grew to be the records software of choice for hospital systems representing 305 million patients, including Johns Hopkins, Children’s Hospital, and Cleveland Clinic. Controlling 36% of market share for hospitals, Epic has an 11% advantage over the next closest competitor, Oracle Cerner.
As the Washington Examiner reported, Epic’s vast market share is coupled with its activism on the transgender issue and a push to allow children to pursue the medically controversial pathway without parental knowledge.
Children’s Hospital New Orleans was able to use one of Epic’s products, MyChart, to enable 13-year-old girl Violet to access doctors without having to even go to the hospital, something parents Tandy Lynn Hebert and Sean Chiasson say denied them a say in their child’s medical decisions.
“Protecting children from irreparable bodily harm should not be a partisan issue,” Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) told the Washington Examiner. “Sadly, Democrat politicians and their donors are threatening parental protections of our children.”
“What Violet and her family experienced in the CHNO medical system is inexcusable,” Johnson, who is chairing a committee on the “dangers” of child gender transitions Thursday, continued. “Parental rights to make decisions as to the care, custody, and control of their children are protected under the Constitution. We need federal law to shield families from the undue influence of politically motivated companies and organizations like Epic, which prioritize profits over children’s medical care.”
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Despite the activism of Faulkner and Epic, the CEO has donated money to some Republicans, such as Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and former North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, both of whom were on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee at the time of the donations, and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI).
Epic declined to comment on an inquiry from the Washington Examiner.