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Contributions or gifts to Convention of States Action are not tax deductible as charitable contributions.  Convention of States Action is a 501(c)(4) federal tax-exempt non-profit corporation incorporated in the State of Texas with a registered address at 5850 San Felipe, Suite 580A, Houston, Texas 77057.   Contributions may be used for any lawful purpose consistent with the organization’s formation and Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, including to advocate for a limited federal government through a convention of states under Article V of the U.S. Constitution.  Registration in any state does not imply endorsement, approval, or recommendation of the organization by that state.  This communication is paid for by Convention of States Action.  Alabama: The author of this communication is paid by Convention of States Action.  California: Convention of States Action is not registered as a tax-exempt organization under state law.  Florida: Convention of States Action is registered with the State Division of Consumer Services. (Reg. No. CH43066).  A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE WITHIN THE STATE.  REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.  The Division of Consumer Services may be reached by phone at 1-800-435-7352 or at its website at www.fdacs.gov/Divisions-Offices/Consumer-Services.  Georgia: Upon request, a financial statement for the organization will be made available.  Maryland: A copy of the current financial statement of the charitable organization is available upon request to the organization at its registered address or by calling (540) 441-7227.  For the cost of copies and postage, documents and information are also available from the Secretary of State.  Registration with the state does not imply endorsement.  Mississippi: The official registration and financial information of Convention of States Action may be obtained from the Mississippi Secretary of State’s office by calling 1-888-236-6167.  Registration by the Secretary of State does not imply endorsement by the Secretary of State.  Nevada: The organization may be contacted by calling (540) 441-7227.  New Jersey: INFORMATION FILED WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CONCERNING THIS CHARITABLE SOLICITATION AND THE PERCENTAGE OF CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED BY THE CHARITY DURING THE LAST REPORTING PERIOD THAT WERE DEDICATED TO THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY BY CALLING 973-504-6215 AND IS AVAILABLE ON THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S WEBSITE AT WWW.NJCONSUMERAFFAIRS.GOV/CHARITIES. REGISTRATION WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT.  New York: A copy of the organization’s most recent financial report may be requested from the organization by mail to its registered address or from the New York Attorney General’s office at 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005.  Additional information about charitable organizations may be available by contacting the attorney general’s office at (212) 416-8401 or on their website at www.charitiesnys.com.  The organization has made contributions to other organizations.  A list of organizations to which such contributions have been made is available upon request.  North Carolina: Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at 919-814-5400. The license is not an endorsement by the State.  Oregon: Registration with the state attorney general in no way constitutes or implies any indorsement, sanction or approval by the Attorney General or any other governmental agency or officer of the solicitation, its purposes, the manner in which it is conducted or the person or organization conducting it.  Pennsylvania: Financial statements and additional information are available by contacting the organization at its registered address.  The official registration and financial information of Convention of States Action may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania, 1(800) 732-0999.  Registration does not imply endorsement.  Rhode Island: The organization has made contributions to other organizations, and a list of organizations to which such contributions have been made is available upon request.  Virginia: The organization's financial statements are available from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services upon request.  Washington: Financial and other information can be obtained by contacting the Secretary of State at (360) 725-0377 or www.sos.wa.gov/charities/.  West Virginia: Additional information about the organization can be obtained by contacting Cindy Nation at the organization’s registered address.  West Virginia residents may obtain a summary of the registration and financial documents from the Secretary of State, State Capitol, Charleston, West Virginia 25305.  Wisconsin: A financial statement of the charitable organization disclosing assets, liabilities, fund balances, revenue, and expenses for the preceding fiscal year will be provided to any person upon request. 

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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
Convention of states action

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