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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The CA Foundation (CAF), which provides scholarship and grants to other 501(c) (3) institutions, and sponsors training and internship programs, is pleased to announce its donation to RIP Medical Debt to pay down $2 million in medical debt. The donation allows RIP Medical Debt, a national non-profit that forgives health care debt on behalf of individual donors,
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Recently, the Council for Affordable Health Coverage, of which Communicating for America is a member, sent a letter to Congressional leadership opposing binding arbitration for Medicare drugs. The collection of companies who supported the letter oppose arbitration as a means to address rising medical and drug costs because it will unnecessarily increase complexity and spending,
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Thousands of farmers across the U.S. are banking on mobile technology to help them compare and purchase seed and chemicals at the best rate for planting season through Farmers Business Network, a young agricultural startup with a simple concept – sharing information. The seed and chemical industries are run by a handful of big-name corporations,
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The Communicating for America 2020 annual membership meeting was held Friday, October 9, 2020, in Fergus Falls, Minn. and online virtually. The 2021 annual meeting will be held in March 2021.
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CA has released a white paper entitled, Platform for Rural Economic Justice which expresses the voice of rural Americans who are far too often forgotten by government official when making health policies. The paper proposes solutions for rural health care, broadband access, and economic development concerns. Read the entire white paper now and let CA know your thoughts
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