PACT ALERT!! Your PACT representatives just left Washington D.C after lobbying our Senators and Congresspersons to recognize Respiratory Therapists in the home! We need you to write in support of this! Click on http://capwiz.com/aarc/issues/alert/?alertid=33020&type=CO. and follow the instructions. Or click on www.AARC.org.  and click on the right hand column, “Write Congress on RT’s and Home Health.”

  It is very important that we get as many people to write letters regarding this issue as soon as possible.  

  Thank you for supporting the profession of Respiratory Care and for supporting our patients in the home!

  Your AARC PACT Representatives,

  Jolynn Hamelman, RRT-NPS      

Tom Trenis, RRT

Tom Malinowski, RRT    

Tom Travis, RRT

Further your profession. Advocate for respiratory care.

Become a political Defender for the Respiratory Care Community

With the growing public scrutiny of health care and respiratory care, AARC is launching a political contact program to advocate public policies that will have a positive impact on the respiratory care community. It is critical that the voices of respiratory therapists be heard on a variety of issues.

 Members of AARC's Political Advocacy Contact Team (PACT) will be asked to provide effective communication with state and federal legislators and administrators.

 What's in it for You?

Advance your own profession. Increase your visibility. Keep informed of professional issues. Network with others across the country on crucial issues.

 Become an AARC Political Advocacy Contact Team Member!

Communicating with Legislators

AARC's PACT members wilt take an active rote on issues affecting the profession of respiratory care including: Prospective Payment in Skilled Nursing Facilities, Outpatient Care, and Home Health Care; home medical equipment issues; Medicare reform; Medicaid; tobacco and other federal and state issues.

 You will be asked to call, write, fax, email and personally contact members of Congress as necessary throughout the session.

 Keeping Informed of the Issues

As a PACT member, you will be kept up-to-date on important issues through AARC communication channels and the PACT coordinators in your state. You wilt be contacted first when a call to action is needed on critical government issues.

 Becoming a PACT member

The AARC Political Advocacy Contact Team will be the third leg of the "three-legged stool" for effective public policy advocacy. The first leg is the AARC and its government affairs division; the second leg is the leadership in your affiliate that coordinates the PACT and maintains critical information and lobbying tools.

 When combined in a coordinated, Long-term commitment to political advocacy, these three legs will provide a firm political foundation for the respiratory care community.

 Download PACT Templates and Documents