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Monday, March 3, 2014

PA-Political Action Committees

Physician Assistant-Political Action Committees 

Whether you're involved in politics or not, PACs (Political Action Committees) rally the votes necessary for legislators passing health care and insurance laws critical to patients and the PA profession. TAPA PAC (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants Political Action Committee) is one such example. Political action committees usually have a party affiliation, for example, TAPA is a republican PAC. As such, their e-mails and their donations will support republican candidates in favor of PA legislation. Just make sure to make your own judgement before you decide to donate time or resources to committees like this.

Regardless of your party affiliation, you should know there are 4 important committees with jurisdiction over our patients and the PA practice you should probably be aware of: