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National Leaders who officially endorse the Convention of States Project.

Historic Statesmen who supported this constitutional solution.


MINNESOTA SENATE LEGISLATIVE CHAMPIONS

Sen. Bruce Anderson, 29  

  Sen. Cal Bahr, 31

Sen. Gene Dornik, 23  

Sen. Steve Drazkowski, 20

Sen. Justin Eichorn, 6  

Sen. Mark Koran, 28

Sen. Eric Lucero, 30  

Sen. Andrew Mathews, 27

Sen. Torrey Westrom, 12

MINNESOTA HOUSE LEGISLATIVE CHAMPIONS

Rep. Josh Heintzeman. 6B

Rep. Walter Hudson, 30A

Rep. Spencer Igo, 7A  

Rep. Shane Mekland, 27A

Rep. Paul Novotny, 30B  

Rep. Duane Quam, 24A

SENATE SUPPORTERS

Sen. Mark Johnson (Minority Leader), 1

Sen. Steve Green, 2

Sen. Paul Utke, 5

Sen. Robert Farnsworth, 7

Sen. Nathan Wesenberg, 10

Sen. Andrew Lang, 16

Sen. Glenn Grugenheim,17

Sen. Rich Draheim, 22

Sen. Carla Nelson, 24

Sen. Jim Abeler, 35

Sen. Julia Coleman, 48

Sen. Zach Duckworh, 57  

 

HOUSE SUPPORTERS

Rep. John Burkel, 1A

Rep. Matthew J. Grossell, 2A

Rep. Matt Bliss, 2B

Rep. Natalie Zeleznikar, 3B

Rep. Krista Knudsen, 5A

Rep. Ben Davis, 6A

Rep. Jeff Backer, 9A

Rep. Isaac Schultz, 10B

Rep. Jeff Dotseth, 11A

Rep. Paul H. Anderson, 12A

Rep. Mary Franson, 12B

Rep. Tim O’Driscoll, 13B

Rep. Dean Urdahl, 16A

Rep. Dave Baker, 16B

Rep. Bobbie V. Harder, 17B

Rep. Brian Daniels, 19A

Rep. Pam Altendorf, 20A

Rep. Steven E. Jacob, 20B

Rep. Joe Schomacker, 21A

Rep. Brian H. Pfarr, 22B

Rep. Peggy Bennett, 23A

Rep. Patricia Mueller, 23B

Rep. Kurt Daudt, 27B

Rep. Jon Koznick, 57A

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Physicians for COS

The diagnosis is clear.

We have a growing cancer today known as the Obamacare. As a result physicians are no longer free to practice medicine.

No profession feels the full force of the federal government more than physicians. The medical profession is the most highly regulated profession in the United States. The practice of medicine is controlled, taxed, and regulated to the point of being destroyed by the heavy hand of the federal government.

Physicians are told how to bill, how much to charge, and how to treat patients. They are mandated to use expensive electronic medical records. The federally enacted HIPPA (Health Information Privacy and Portability Act) makes the communication between physicians and atients burdensome, inefficient,and expensive. Every physician is required by federal mandate to register with the government to obtain an NPI (national provider identifier.) We are required by federal law to obtain and pay for a license to prescribe medication through the DEA, which is separate from our state licensure.

This heavy hand of government not only oversees the largest federal health bureaucracy ever created, but by extension reaches into every state, every city, and every small town to regulate how every licensed physician practices the art of medicine and how citizens obtain care.

The treatment is also clear.

The prescription for a cure was written into our constitution by our founders. Article V of our constitution allows for the states to call for a convention of states to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government through the proposal of constitutional amendments. Physicians should be the strongest supporters of this brilliantly-crafted states’ rights tool placed into our constitution by our founders.

I urge my fellow American physicians to join with me in supporting an Article V Convention of States to take back control of the practice of medicine. It’s the only way that we can return the practice of medicine back to the intimate relationship between a doctor and patient without interference by the heavy hand of a distant, national government.

Jeffrey I. Barke, M.D. Family Physician Newport Beach, CA
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