AMAC Action 2020 Annual Advocacy Report

AMAC Action will continue to monitor this new process to determine how well its application works in practice and will engage in making improvements through rule making, if necessary. LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND COALITION LETTERS AMAC Action initiated, or was requested to provide, 78 letters of support to Members of Congress and the Administration for legislation and other actions concerning (partial list): • Elder abuse, • Reducing our dependence on China for pharmaceuticals and medical supplies, • Free speech, • Veteran’s issues including health, prosperity, and safety,

• Security and safety at America’s southern border, • Breakthrough therapy for Medicare beneficiaries, • Small business, • Deficit reduction, • Reducing the cost of prescription drugs, • Surprise medical billing, • Expansion and promotion of telehealth, • Health care price transparency and other health care issues, • Expansion of health savings accounts, • Protecting retirement income from inflation, • Election fraud protection, • Fighting censorship of conservative voices on Big Technology platforms, and • Protecting babies who survive abortions.

AMAC Action also sent 37 statement and recommendation letters to Congress and the Administration detailing our solutions for surprise medical billing, support for spending restraints, recommendations to protect small businesses, improve the health of seniors, and promote the Association’s Social Security Guarantee. In addition, AMAC Action sent 4 letters opposing legislation that included excessive spending in a Covid-19 relief bill and radical immigration policies. GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY A key benefit of membership in AMAC is the opportunity to participate in AMAC Action’s grassroots advocacy programs. AMAC Action offers two options for members to volunteer to become engaged in local advocacy— membership and leadership in AMAC Action Chapters and the Delegate Program. AMAC Action Chapters Chapters provide a forum for fellowship and education for the local AMAC membership at-large. Each Chapter has a volunteer Leader, and some have volunteer Co-Leaders. Chapter Leader(s) schedule, plan and preside over monthly or bi-monthly meetings. AMAC Chapters focus on topics and legislation supported by the membership and advocated for by AMAC Action’s Government Relations Team in Washington, D.C. Chapters meet to, among other things, educate AMAC members on significant issues to amplify the narrative in their local communities regarding the

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