Co-Chairs Drs. Stephanie Costa and Bill Cotton invite you to the CMA's Public Policy meeting for the second quarter of the year. This meeting will be held on Thursday, April 7th at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be in person at the CMA's offices on Dublin Road, and will also offer a virtual component where doctors can electronically connect to participate in the meeting.

Legislative and Agenda topics at this meeting will include

• review specific legislative healthcare issues
• discuss implications of the status of new legislative and Congressional districts
• debrief from small group legislative meetings
• input on summertime endorsement recommendation meetings

Contact one of the Co-Chairs, or CMA Public Policy consultant Malcolm Porter (malcolmjporter@aol.com), if you have a specific issue you would like included on the agenda.

Malcolm Porter

Public Policy Consultant

for the CMA

About the CMA's Advocacy Newsletter

The purpose of this message is to provide timely information as well as some background insights into issues that impact healthcare and the practice of medicine. Please do not ever hesitate to reach out with questions or concerns about these, or any other issues of interest to you.



Malcolm Porter is a public policy and political affairs consultant. He has done policy and political advisory work for the Columbus Medical Association, and affiliate organizations for nearly 20 years. As a local medical society, CMA physicians have supported and participated in public policy development with traditional physician stakeholder organizations. Additionally, CMA physicians have been directly responsible for initiating individual pieces of legislation that were driven by their own agenda.

Any CMA physician is welcome to contact Malcolm directly with your questions or concerns.

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