2 AMAC ACTION kicked-off 2022 with successful efforts saving the Senate filibuster and blocking the Democrat legislation for a federal takeover of state elections. Activity quickly pivoted to the states where AMAC Action advocates prioritized healthcare, energy costs, education, crime, election integrity, and Article V issues for membership advocacy.
AMAC members lent their voices in significant numbers to support the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) efforts to conduct a thorough examination of the business practices of group purchasing organizations (GPO) and pharmacy benefit managers (PBM), respectively, to lower prices in the hospital and outpatient prescription drug supply chains. The membership registered a huge victory when, based in part on the sheer volume of comments left by AMAC members on their website, the FTC announced an investigation into the business practices of the top six pharmacy benefit managers in June. Advocacy activity also included a campaign to support legislation to protect victims of Social Security identity theft. An AMAC Action advocate facilitated a request for copies of articles on elder abuse by a Congressional office after staff had sourced them on the AMAC Foundation website and sought to share them with constituents. AMAC Action launched its initial foray into corporate advocacy with a campaign enabling members to voice their opinion on the “woke” policies of The Walt Disney Company. launched a year-long national campaign to encourage AMAC members to participate in 2022’s elections by becoming poll watchers and election workers. Thousands of AMAC members visited recruiting websites in states throughout the country to work the polls and greatly increased the conservative scrutiny of 2022’s elections.
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Additional legislative victories on issues ranging from retirement savings, promoting election integrity, opposing critical race theory, promoting hospital price transparency, promoting an Article V Fiscal Responsibility constitutional amendment, and opposing insurance company administration of Medicaid managed care were achieved in Florida, New Mexico, Indiana, Colorado, South Carolina, and Arizona. AMAC Action’s election integrity advocacy momentum on the state level in 2021 carried into 2022. AMAC Action’s Government Relations Team was very active in defeating the relentless onslaught of proposed tax increases proposed by the Biden administration that would have been devasting to individuals and small business owners. The voice of conservatives rang throughout the country in 2022 with AMAC members participating in 65 call-to-action campaigns and registering more than 300,000 comments, telephone calls, and messages for federal and state representatives, regulatory websites, and corporate executives. An exciting and unique partnership was established with the American Constitutional Rights Union (ACRU) to combine efforts to support vulnerable voters, veterans, and other constitutional issues.
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