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elected state government and ensures the practice of dentistry
is represented by legislators who will fight for the profession
and for high quality dental care.
PADPAC is a voluntary, non-profit group run by and for dentists.
As a bipartisan PAC, PADPAC consists of dentists and their
spouses from all over Pennsylvania who are dedicated to
supporting legislators who value the profession of dentistry.
PADPAC, operating under strict state and federal laws and
regulations, is always watching the voting record of every
member of the House and Senate. Working with the American
Dental Political Action Committee (ADPAC), PADPAC promotes
the highest quality dental health of Pennsylvania and our
nation, while shaping the future of dentistry.
In order to get SB 373 to become law PDA needs your hard
dollar contributions. Please make a contribution today via your
personal credit card or personal check. Due to state and federal
laws, PDA categorizes PADPAC funds into two types. Hard
dollars are contributions made via personal check or credit card.
Only hard dollars may be used for political campaign
contributions. Soft dollars are contributions made with a
corporate check or credit card. Soft dollars may only be used for
administrative purposes such as assisting district or local dental
societies with a fundraising event.
Showing your tangible support, via a contribution through
PADPAC, goes a long way to show senators and representatives
that you want them to succeed and they, in turn, will help us
succeed. It is through hard dollars that your lobbyists, staff and
members can meet legislators in settings that grow lasting
relationships on PDA’s behalf. Your contribution helps PDA fight
for you and your patients. We truly can’t do it without you.
You may not be interested in politics but politics is very interested
in you – and your practice. These issues will be decided and
we want to be part of the decision making process so that we
can participate collaboratively and not have terms dictated to
us after the fact. Your hard dollar contribution enables us to be
part of the process and make a decisive positive impact. We
need to participate in the process from beginning to end so that
you get the results you want rather than being upset because
someone was involved and we were not. Your PAC contributions
enable PDA to meet with elected officials before legislation is
introduced, as it is introduced and throughout a bill’s journey
through the General Assembly.
This is our window to achieve victory for you, your fellow dentists
and your patients. If we let this opportunity pass it is likely that
we never get Assignment of Benefits in Pennsylvania. Please
make a significant PADPAC contribution today. You are making
the future you will live in right now with your decision to
contribute or not.
We have many fast and easy ways for you to make your
PADPAC contribution. If you’d like to donate over the phone you
can call or email John Basial at (800) 223-0016, ext. 108 or
[email protected]. You can also contribute online by visiting
padental.org/padpac. Perhaps easiest of all is making a
PADPAC contribution when you pay your dues. Please make a
PADPAC contribution today via your personal credit card or
personal check.
In NASCAR you must have gasoline to compete and win a race.
In politics money is gasoline. PDA has to compete and win for
you against the insurance lobby. They are always well funded
and pursing their own self interest-aggressively. This is often to
your disadvantage and the disadvantage of your patients. We
need your contributions to share your side of the story so that
elected officials hear the whole picture and not just a one-sided
fable. If you contribute we can compete and win-for you. We
need your contributions, political gasoline, to get SB 373 through
the process and over the finish line.
In politics you are either at the table or on the menu. If you make
a contribution PDA can help set the legislative agenda table
rather than merely being an appetizer in a legislative buffet.
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