FERGUS FALLS, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Communicating for America (CA), a nonprofit advocacy organization, today announced it will finance the cancellation of $2 million in medical debt for rural Minnesotans who are experiencing financial hardship. An estimated 1,800 families will benefit. CA has previously erased more than $8 million in medical debt for over 10,000 Minnesotans between 2022
The CA Scholarship and Education Foundation proudly announces a $20,000 donation to the Fundación de la Voz de Los Viñedos Foundation (Foundation of the Voice of the Vineyards), honoring the extraordinary career and board service of David Ramey, acclaimed California winemaker and long-serving member of the CA Board of Directors. Read press release.
The CA Foundation is pleased to announce it has donated a $10,000 grant to the Securing the Future Campaign of the PioneerCare Foundation. The contribution will help advance PioneerCare’s mission to provide care for older individuals in Fergus Falls and the surrounding communities. Read the full press release.
During the CA Annual Meeting, the Board of Directors discussed and approved its 2025-2026 Policy Platform, which can be read and downloaded from here.
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The CA Annual Meeting will be held on October 10, 2024 in Scottsdale, Ariz. Members may call 800-432-3276 for more details and to register to attend.
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2023 Communicating for America (CA) Annual Meeting of members was held in Edina, Minn. on Friday, September 29 at 9:00 a.m. CT. All members of CA were invited to attend. Call CA at (800) 432-3276 to learn more.
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Today the CA Foundation announced it has paid off over $3.3 million in medical debt of over 3,700 Minnesotans through RIP Medical Debt. Read the full release here. As of 2022, about 2% of Minnesotans had medical debt in collections, and the disparity for those of color was double. Jeff Smedsrud, managing director of the CA
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CA recently conducted a survey with the general public and association members regarding their attitudes toward medical debt and how medical debt affects their finances and daily living. To read a summary of the survey’s findings, click here.
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CA recently participated in a Family Business Coalition effort asking the House Ways and Means Committee to re-think taxation for unrealized capital gains at death–a “double death tax”—as an unworkable policy for family businesses. “ Taxing phantom gains in any form, whether through unrealized gains at death or through the recently released mark-to-market approach has
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The Communicating for America (CA) Annual Meeting was held on August 23, 2021, in Minneapolis. This was a rescheduled date after postponing the meeting earlier in the year due to the COVID pandemic. The next Annual Meeting is tentatively scheduled for April 2022 with a location to be determined. Contact the CA office at 800-432-3276
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