Exercise Your Rights by Voting
Date: 25-10-2012
[MMA News Now, Oct. 25, 2012] On Nov. 6, Minnesotans will go to the polls to decide on a variety of state and federal races as well as amendment issues. The MMA strongly encourages all of its members to vote.
“We hope that all of our members take the time to get out and vote,” said Dave Renner, MMA’s director of state and federal legislation. “Regardless of party affiliation or where you stand on issues, it’s important that we all exercise our rights to ensure we have a representative government.
“Several key issues could affect physicians in the coming months,” Renner said. “How health care reform will be implemented, the potential 27 percent cut in Medicare payments through the Sustainable Growth Rate formula and the looming state budget deficit that will impact the state’s health care programs. Now, more than ever, Minnesota physicians have a stake in who has a hand in deciding these issues.”
To find your polling place visit the Secretary of State website.
Following are links to the candidate’s positions on healthcare (in some cases we are providing their homepage if they do not have a specific page dedicated to healthcare). The incumbent is listed first.
President
Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
U.S. Senate:
Amy Klobuchar
Kurt Bills
U.S. Representative:
District 1
Tim Walz
Allen Quist
District 2
John Kline
Mike Obermueller
District 3
Erik Paulsen
Brian Barnes
District 4
Betty McCollum
Tony Hernandez
District 5
Keith Ellison
Chris Fields
District 6
Michele Bachmann
Jim Graves
District 7
Collin Peterson
Lee Byberg
District 8
Chip Cravaack
Rick Nolan
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Comments (2)
Dan Hauser
6 months ago
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Thanks
Thanks, Mary. We are glad you found it useful.
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Mary C.
7 months ago
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Great resource for the election!
I looked through these links and learned so much. Thank you for putting this all in one place for me to compare each candidates health care position. This link saved me time and frustration and I am an informed voter now!
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