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Congressional Representatives Provide Differing Views on Health Care Reform

By jarvantes@aafp.org

If the Supreme Court rules that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional, Congress will work on retaining certain provisions in the law that enjoy bipartisan support. That was one of the main messages delivered by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., in the keynote address at this year's Family Medicine Congressional Conference May 14-15 in Washington. McMorris Rodgers told the nearly 200 family physicians at the conference that Congress is trying to anticipate how the Supreme Court might rule on the Affordable Care Act. "Should the Supreme Court rule that any part of the health care (law) is unconstitutional, we (Congress) are prepared to move forward immediately to try and prevent some of the chaos in the marketplace," said McMorris Rodgers.

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Committees

2011-12 Committee Chairs and Members

Communications
Chair, Diane Steere MD

Committee Members: Barbara Coats MD; Lynn Fisher MD; Shelly Gruenbacher MD; Debbie Haynes MD; Carol Johnson MD; Vance Lassey MD; Nathan Smith; Tessa Rohrberg

Finance & Insurance
Chair, Todd Miller MD

Committee Members: Jen Brull MD and Dan Kuhlman MD

Governmental Advocacy
Chair, Wakon Fowler MD

Committee Members: Khalil Alleyne MD; Amanda Baxa; Travis Daise MD; Joe Davison MD; Josh Freeman MD; Brian Holmes MD; Jay Kennedy MD; Erin Locke-Nilhaus; Mary Beth Miller MD; Scott Pauly MD; Kyle Schneweis; Verlyn Steinkruger MD; Dennis Tietze MD

Membership & Member Services
Chair, Cayle Goertzen MD

Committee Members: Jen Bacani McKenney MD; Mike Engelken MD; Robyn Hartvickson MD; Beth Loney MD; Scott Owings MD; Joe Parra MD; Rachel Seymour; Shane Thoreson MD; Sulabha Chaganaboyana; Nate Krug MD; Hannah Maxfield MD; Katie Moore DO; Melissa Rosso; Scott Stringfield MD

Practice Enhancement
Chair, Terry L. “Lee” Mills MD

Committee Members: Aron Fast MD; John Feehan MD; Rob Freelove MD; Jennifer Koontz MD; Michael Munger MD; Rick Rajewski MD; Chris Wolff

Professional Development

Co-chair, Doug Gruenbacher, MD
Co-Chair, Gretchen Dickson, MD

Committee Members: Becky Allard MD; Sheryl Beard MD; Ron Brown MD; Chris Cupp MD; David Dupy MD; Marta Hantke MD; Libby Hineman MD; Mike Kennedy MD; Colleen Loo-Gross; Scott Moser MD; AJ Strickland; Mark Stovak MD