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appreciated. While we are all living day to day now, we must plan
for the future, because it will be here sooner than we can imagine.
The best way to predict the future is to create it. This is what PADPAC
does. We follow hockey legend Wayne Gretzky’s quote, “I skate to
where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.”
In order to meet the new challenges that the new legislative session
will bring we need your gift of self and resources in order to make
your agenda manifest. There will be new representatives and new
senators but it’s always your agenda that we move forward.
PDA and PADPAC have been very busy on your behalf during the
pandemic. Due in part to the efforts of our PADPAC contributors,
PDA succeeded in persuading the Pennsylvania Secretary of Health
to revise the initial dental guidance that made our state a
dentistry free zone. PDA’s suggested modifications set the stage
for the eventual return to “normal” under the COVID-19 restrictions.
PDA’s effectiveness paid huge dividends for all dentists in
Pennsylvania because PADPAC has laid the important groundwork
for success by creating and building relationships and helping
members of the General Assembly and their staffs with any issue
we can assist them with – both personal and professional. We
attend fundraisers and build relationships with elected and
appointed officials. We are a known entity who can be relied on,
as a as a trusted partner, to help solve any problem and positively
shape Pennsylvania’s health care policy.
We know that this is a hard ask and an ever harder sacrifice to make
but both must be done. Your decisions and your actions today are
creating the future you will live in tomorrow. In order for tomorrow
to be brighter you will need to think like Wayne
Gretzky and move towards where you want to
be. Please contribute to your PAC so your PAC
can continue to advocate and win for you
and for organized dentistry.
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