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DONATE TODAY!
Please visit GIPAC.org to make a contribution or simply click here:
ABOUT GIPAC
GIPAC is the political action committee (PAC) for clinical gastroenterologists and gastrointestinal (GI) specialists. We are a bipartisan federal PAC that supports legislators demonstrating an interest in the issues and challenges facing our practices and patients. It is important to note that GIPAC is an issue-specific PAC: While our members may have diverse political opinions, we agree that it is necessary to support those willing to champion the legislative causes important to our profession.
Thanks to your generosity, GIPAC remains well-positioned financially to support those legislators and candidates willing to champion causes for our patients and our profession. Your contributions should be going towards a campaign and not lost in administrative fees. As a separate and stand-alone organization, GIPAC is uniquely situated where total operating expenses are less than $1,000 per month.
Please contact GIPAC leadership if you wish to have GIPAC support a member of Congress or candidate for federal office.
A message from GIPAC President Dan Pambianco:
“One Scope” Campaign: $200
Please join GIPAC today. I urge everyone to donate the national average Medicare reimbursement from one colonoscopy to help GIPAC become a stronger voice for the GI clinician. Unfortunately for our specialty, dwindling Medicare reimbursement makes this contribution even easier. It is only getting worse for GI practices and our ancillary services.
How does your contribution to GIPAC help? What’s in it for you?
Congress has the ability to pass legislation that supports our patients and profession. Congress also has the constitutional responsibility to oversee federal agencies, so it is crucial that those on Capitol Hill also support our issues going before CMS.
If we all contribute “one scope,” we have the ability to help define our fate. If we do nothing, we certainly seal our fate.
We will continue to operate on a shoe-string administrative budget while growing GIPAC coffers and influence on Capitol Hill. Our goals are reachable because of your continued support. We must continue to gain influence on Capitol Hill and those responsible over Medicare and other regulatory agencies.
Other medical specialty PACs?
Health care policy and Medicare reimbursement is unfortunately a zero sum game, with gastroenterology professional fees as a means to pay for other Medicare/Medicaid initiatives.
The chart below demonstrates the 2013 and 2014 contributions of these PACs vs. GIPAC and what others are doing to further their public policy objectives.
2013 & 2014 Medical PACs: Contributions
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PAC
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2013
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2014*
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GIPAC
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$10,000+ range
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$10,000 range
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| American Society of Anesthesiologists
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$1,869,985.43
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$1,218,761.87
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| American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons PAC
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$1,245,697.49
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$1,174,472.02
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| American College of Radiology PAC
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$1,345,250.23
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$947,767.02
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| National Emergency Medicine PAC
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$1,001,591.01
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$612,388.39
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| American Optometric Association PAC
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$770,155.78
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$662,567.09
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| CRNA PAC
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$723,688.79
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$440,033.68
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| American Physical Therapy Association PAC
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$662,457.28
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$383,440.83
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| National Community Pharmacists Association PAC
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$432,621.17
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$291,561.94
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| American College of Cardiology PAC
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$455,020.05
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$312,857.26
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| American Nurses Association PAC
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$267,018.10
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$225,206.97
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| American Academy of Family Physicians PAC
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$408,795.66
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$321,906.23
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| American Chiropractic Association PAC
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$148,099.51
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$77,244.02
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| American College of Physician Services PAC
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$166,021.61
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$158,744.11
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| American College of Pathologists
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$247,910.00
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$157,579.98
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| American Urology Association
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$249,648.62
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$162,181.50
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| American College of Surgeons
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$513,286.60
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$394,489.28
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| American Academy of Dermatologists
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$572,837.88
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$684,595.93
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Donate today!
http://www.GIPAC.org
Dan Pambianco, MD FACG
President, GIPAC
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