EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Driven by the membership’s direction and despite significant challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the advocacy affiliate of AMAC – the Association of Mature American Citizens, AMAC Action, had a breakthrough year in 2020. AMAC Action’s Government Relations Team met with 93 Congressional offices either in-person (pre-pandemic) or virtually. Meetings to discuss AMAC’s Social Security Guarantee, our sponsored H.R. 856 (the Physician Pro Bono Care Act) and other health care issues were held with members of the Senate Finance Committee, the House Ways and Means Committee and its Social Security Subcommittee, the Senate Finance Committee and its Social Security Subcommittee, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus, the Republican Study Committee, the Senate Homeland Security, Governmental Affairs Committee and the Director of Domestic Policy (and staff) at the Trump White House. AMAC Action’s recommendations during the coronavirus relief legislation debate resulted in significant victories for seniors that enabled them to better weather the financial havoc wreaked by the pandemic and protected their Social Security benefits. AMAC Action’s efforts also resulted in more financial relief for seniors as they pay for their prescription drugs and created a more competitive landscape for hospital medical services. Three AMAC-supported bills were signed into law by President Trump including one that protects Alzheimer’s disease patients from abuse in nursing homes and another that protects patients from the predatory practice of surprise medical billing. AMAC members were welcomed into the Trump White House throughout 2020 to participate in a policing roundtable discussion, provide their personal experiences with managing the high cost of their medication expenses, including insulin, and attend Executive Order signings. AMAC Action’s advocacy staff and volunteers became very proficient in working around the pandemic via virtual Meet & Greet events. A total of 55 Meet & Greet events were hosted by AMAC Action for Members of Congress and candidates throughout the country in 2020. These events were well received by the AMAC membership at-large and we look to expand these virtual meetings moving forward. AMAC Action activated the membership to participate in numerous Calls-to-Action throughout 2020. Hundreds of thousands of AMAC members contacted their federal and state representatives on issues including hospital price transparency, questionable Covid-19 policies, and election integrity. In some cases, AMAC members’ participation directly supported the success of our legislative efforts. AMAC national spokespersons hit the airwaves in 2020 with hundreds of radio and television interviews complemented with hundreds more columns that they authored and supported with a significant social media presence.
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