APMA News - September/October 2016 - 44

Report from the APMAPAC Chair By Barney A. Greenberg, DPM Election Day is Fast Approaching I hope everyone had a restful, relaxing, and safe summer. This summer has been very busy for your APMAPAC board and the APMA Legislative Advocacy department. We were successful at the APMA 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting (The National) in Philadelphia in raising funds to support APMAPAC. These funds afforded APMA the opportunity to cosponsor health information luncheons at both the Republican and Democratic national conventions. In case you missed it, you can see photos on APMA's Member Facebook page (search APMA Member on Facebook). This year is a presidential and congressional election year. I have been asked over and over whom APMA supports for president. The answer is that APMAPAC does not support anyone in the presidential race. We support both political parties equally at the conventions, and at the end of the year, the support we gave to individual Democratic and Republican candidates is almost exactly equal. We focus our support on House and Senate races because, ultimately, these elected officials are the ones who make the laws that affect us. Election years are very costly for APMAPAC because our friends in Congress ask for our support, as do the newcomers We need your support for APMAPAC immediately. It is of utmost importance for every APMA member to make a meaningful donation to help us promote our profession. who have shown support for our profession and need to be further educated as to why our profession is invaluable to the health-care system. With two-thirds of APMAPAC Campaign 2016 behind us, only 17 percent of APMA members have made a meaningful donation to APMAPAC. In order for us to be successful, we need 100-percent participation. Our profession is too small and your support is too critical for you to ignore these requests for donations! We need your support for APMAPAC immediately. It is of utmost importance for every APMA member to make a meaningful donation to help us promote our profession. In addition, I encourage you to visit www.apma.org/eadvocacy and write to Congress about our VA legislation and our Helping Ensure Life- and Limb-Saving Access to Podiatric Physicians (HELLPP) legislation to help our profession make its voice heard on Capitol Hill. With the help and support of every APMA member, I know our goals can be met. Thank you in advance for your political action and for your meaningful donation to APMAPAC. n Contact Dr. Greenberg at pac@apma.org. PURPOSE: The American Podiatric Medical Association Political Action Committee's purpose is to raise and disburse funds to candidates for federal office who support the legislative priorities and goals of the podiatric medical profession. IMPORTANT: Any contribution amounts noted here are suggested amounts. You may contribute more, less, or not contribute without concern of being favored or disadvantaged. Occupation/employer information is required for aggregate annual contributions of more than $200.00 by the Federal Election Campaign Act. Federal election law does not permit corporate contributions to be used for donation to candidates for federal office. Political contributions are not deductible for income tax purposes. 44 APMA News September/October 2016 http://www.apma.org/eadvocacy http://www.apma.org/donate

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