1980

• CA was instrumental in getting the first Beginning farmer loan Program passed in Iowa.

1985

• CA formed its own international agriculture exchange program. Within 10 years, the program grew to become the largest of its kind in the United States.

1996

• CA fought successfully to save funding for the Farm Mediation Programs, serving 19 states, that were slated to be abolished in the 1997 federal budget.

2000

• The CA International Exchange Program had almost 1,000 participants from more than 40 countries.

2002

• CA awarded close to $50,000 in scholarship dollars to students studying agriculture and/or small business.

2003

• CA was a leader in securing passage of health savings accounts (HSAs) that expand medical savings accounts (MSAs).
• CA achieved its tax reform goal of increasing Section 179 expensing to $100,000.

2005

• CA led the effort that got partial Federal funding for high-risk pools signed into law.

2008

• CA helped to add two long-needed changes in the Aggie Bond program section of the 2008 Farm Bill enacted into law.

2010

• CA Foundation participated in a development program as part of USDA’s Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Grant Program.
• CA Education Programs (CAEP) opened offices in Mexico, Columbia, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, South Africa, Hungary, Moldova, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Denmark, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines and China.

2011

• CA participated in a national symposium sponsored by the Coalition for Affordable Health Coverage and the US Chamber of Commerce to address unsustainable cost increases in the American health system.
• CA helped achieve a 2% reduction in the employee’s share of the 6.2% Social Security tax for 2011.
• The CA Foundation presented more than $15,000 for nursing students in rural America.

2012

• CA testified at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Task Force Meeting on the importance of language that recognizes the role associations play in representing the interests of members across a variety of professions.
• CA worked on a variety of bills and testified to members of Congress on the H-2A bill, and the importance of temporary agricultural workers in the United States.

2013

• CA worked with key congressional offices to change language in the tax code that would allow more beginning farmers to participate in beginning farmer loan programs.
• CA successfully fought for additional measures to protect the sickest most vulnerable Americans during the transition to the new exchanges created under the ACA, including an extension of the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) program.

2016

• CA called on the Obama administration to allow consumers opportunity to use tax subsidies on private health insurance plans.

2017

• Presented 10 recommendations to lawmakers and federal regulators to consider as solutions to remedy the health care gap in rural America.

2018

• CA calls on Congress to invest more in rural broadband.

2019

• CA releases study that correlates the lack of high- speed internet to the lack of health insurance coverage and access to health care.
• CA donates $10,000 to RIP Medical Debt, a national nonprofit that forgives health care debt.

2020

• CA Backs Senate Legislation to Help Small Broadband Companies Aid Connectivity for Rural Communities During COVID-19 Pandemic.

2021

• Signed letter to House Energy & Commerce Committee for lower Rx prices. Urged Congress to reject tax hikes on family businesses.

2022

• Communicating for America (CA) recently conducted a “Pulse of the Nation” survey to learn about American attitudes toward medical debt and how they are coping with financial health care disparities.

2023

• Through the CA Foundation, provided more than $3.3 million in medical debt relief to individuals suffering  financial ramifications from illness and/or disease through Undue Medical Debt.

2024

• CA joined other organizations in calling on the next Congress and Administration to commit to pursuing a pro-growth agenda and acting to prevent any tax increases on American families or businesses.