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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Margaret Sadler
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Recently , the only constant at ARTA has been change . 2021 was a year of exceptional growth for ARTA — both in membership size and in our services and responsibilities . Through the self-administration of our benefit plans , significant improvements to existing benefit plans , the introduction of six new benefit plans , and the impact of the ever-changing travel restrictions on our Emergency Travel Insurance , we have done our best to communicate transparently with our current and prospective membership . Even more change awaits with the spring opening of ARTARx , Canada ’ s first plan-owned pharmacy . Stay up to date by reading news & views and each monthly ARTAfacts e-newsletter and by regularly checking
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