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| https://hagedorn.house.gov/media/press-releases/hagedorn-responds-attacks-southern-minnesota-jobs-and-economy | Hagedorn Responds to Attacks on Southern Minnesota Jobs and Economy | 2019-12-17 | 2019 | 2019-12 | Republican | House | MN | Jim Hagedorn | H001088 | hagedorn.house.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON Rep. Jim Hagedorn (MN-01) today issued the following statement in response to attacks on The Mayo Clinic, free enterprise, and southern Minnesota's economy, jobs and way of life by Sen. Bernie Sanders: The attack lodged by Bernie Sanders on The Mayo Clinic highlights the grave threat posed to private, patient-centered medicine by a Democrat Party bent on imposing socialized medicine on the American people. Sanders says more should be done to support rural Americans and the health care institutions serving rural areas. On this we agree. But I strongly reject the pie-in-the-sky notions offered by Sanders and the Democrat Party to micro-manage the business decisions of U.S. medical providers. Instead, we must address the cost burdens of excessive federal regulations and the substandard-reimbursement for Medicare and Medicaid services both of which disproportionately and negatively impact rural medical institutions and residents. The Sanders-Democrat Party's socialist policies will reduce reimbursements to doctors and hospitals, rescind private health insurance, and destroy our high-quality medical care. Lower federal reimbursements for medical services will neither sustain Mayo's model of medical excellence nor properly fund smaller, predominantly rural hospitals. Most assuredly, lower reimbursements will greatly exacerbate the consolidation and closure of rural hospitals. Southern Minnesota is blessed with an array of outstanding rural hospitals and The Mayo Clinic, the preeminent institution of medicine in the world. Mayo, with its Three Shields of clinical practice, education and research, delivers the finest medical care imaginable. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people from the United States and around the globe travel to southern Minnesota for medical care. The jobs of an estimated 100,000 First District residents are, directly and indirectly, tied to health care. This includes 40,000 direct Mayo Clinic jobs in the Rochester area. Make no mistake, Democrats' socialist policies will grossly under-fund medical services, degrade the quality of medical care, destroy high-wage jobs and Rochester's vibrant economy, and shutter rural hospitals. To defend and sustain our medical institutions and world-class medicine, I will fight for commonsense policies to create nationwide health insurance competition; require price transparency to enable medical care shopping; reduce onerous federal regulations; enhance telemedicine; expand the use of pre-tax dollars for health care; and, create high-risk pools to ensure that all Americans are afforded timely, quality medical care and access to life-saving treatments and procedures. As your Congressman, I will protect our brand of high-quality medical care and always defend the jobs and economic interests of our residents, businesses and institutions. Jim Hagedorn was elected in 2018 to represent Minnesota's First District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He grew up on his family's grain and livestock farm near Truman. Jim's father, former U.S. Congressman Tom Hagedorn (MN-02), grandfather, and great-grandfather were all southern Minnesota farmers. Jim currently resides in the rural farming community of Blue Earth. Hagedorn brings policy experience to Capitol Hill from time spent as a congressional aide to former U.S. Congressman Arlan Stangeland (MN-07) and a congressional relations officer for two non-partisan U.S. Department of the Treasury agencies. Hagedorn serves on the House Committees on Agriculture and Small Business to promote farming, Main Street enterprises and southern Minnesota's way of life. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |