Transparency Initiative, Honest Elections Project, Independent Women’s Vote, Institute for Free Speech, Judicial Watch, Public Interest Legal Foundation, Heritage Action, Conservative Partnership Institute, and Job Creators Network, to keep our elections free and fair. AMAC members were greatly involved in the defeat of the “For the People Act” and the “John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.” They made over 419,000 contacts throughout 2021 to members of the United States Senate in addition to targeted pressure campaigns to key Senators including, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. AMAC members also composed letters to the editor stating their opposition to the “For the People Act” which were published in West Virginia and Arizona publications. AMAC-supported election reform legislation passed state legislatures with the assistance of engaged advocacy by local AMAC members in Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Legislation was signed into law in Kentucky, Arizona, Texas, and Florida. Further advocacy was done at the state level by the membership in Alaska . AMAC Action joined with other conservative groups to support the Arizona initiative that helped to place the “Voter ID Act” on the ballot in 2022.
Healthcare HEALTH Act
The AMAC Action team in Washington, D.C. is currently working with members of Congress to introduce the “Helping Everyone Access Long Term Healthcare (HEALTH) Act.” It will be similar legislation to the “Physician Pro Bono Care Act” introduced in the previous Congress as H.R. 856 and will allow healthcare professionals who treat Medicaid-eligible patients to voluntarily take a simple tax deduction instead of billing Medicaid for their services. The bill is projected to save the Medicaid program billions of dollars while helping Medicaid patients to establish long-term relationships with primary care physicians leading to better healthcare outcomes. Hospital Price Transparency AMAC Action also activated the membership to leave comments on a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website compelling CMS to keep the requirement for hospitals to report their median Medicare Advantage rate. The CMS proposal to repeal this requirement would allow hospitals to revert to the previous manner of reporting inaccurate, inflated price estimates that would prevent patients from accessing important pricing information to assist them in making better informed healthcare decisions. Critical Race Theory At the direction of the AMAC membership, AMAC Action made a mid-year addition to our legislative portfolio. Resources have been developed to educate and activate AMAC members on Critical Race Theory (CRT). These resources will assist members in identifying CRT, networking to oppose CRT, and engaging local school boards to stop the CRT curriculum. We also experienced success in a CRT call-to-action as Arizona AMAC members helped to pass a bill that was signed into law that prevents funding for CRT training for public employees in the state. In addition, AMAC Action staff and advocates were present, at the request of the Florida Governor’s office, at a key Florida State School Board meeting where Critical Race Theory was voted out of, and therefore, disallowed from the state’s public schools’ curriculum.
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