**Registration now Open!**
2021 ADA Dentist and Student Virtual Lobby Day, April 25, 2021 & April 28, 2021
On behalf of the 2021 ADA Dentist and Student Lobby Day Work Group, registration is now open for the 2021 Virtual ADA Dentist and Student Lobby Day!
Register now!
Lobby Day will follow a new format this year to minimize time away from the office and school. Programing and training will be on Sunday, April 25, 2021 while Hill meetings will be held Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Join over 1100 dentists and dental students from across the country to advocate for your patients, profession and practice. At the ADA Dentist and Student Virtual Lobby Day, attendees will once again hear from political analysts, subject matter experts and politically involved dentists on issues that affect oral health in the United States.
Be sure to register today!
Lobby Day Issues
COVID-19 Relief
As you may know, the ADA recommended that dentists close their offices during the spring of 2020 for all but urgent and emergency procedures. During this time, many dentists continued to treat emergency patients in an effort to keep them out of the emergency room and lessen the burden on the medical system.
COVID-19 Issue Sheet
COVID-19 Issue Review
Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act - S. 754 / H.R. 1916
One in every 33 children in the United States is born with a congenital anomaly or birth defect that affects the way they look, develop or function. A number of these congenital anomalies include severe oral and facial defects such as cleft lip or palate, skeletal and maxillofacial deformities, hypodontia (absence of teeth), and enamel hypoplasia. With this in mind we are urging Congress to support S. 745/H.R. 1916, the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act (ELSA), and urge you to co-sponsor this important bipartisan bill. By doing so, you can ensure that children suffering from congenital anomalies and birth defects are able to receive the treatment they need.
ELSA Issue Sheet
ELSA Issue Review
Student Loan Programs and Postgraduate Educational Debt
In 2020, over three quarters (77 percent) of graduating dental school seniors reported using federal Direct Loans to pay for dental school and, to a lesser extent, Grad PLUS loans (73 percent). The interest rates and repayment terms for these loans are generally more favorable than private sector loans, but the borrowing terms are still daunting.
Student Loan Issue Sheet
Student Debit Issue Review
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Lobby Day 2022
March 20 - 22, 2022
The Washington Hilton
Washington, D.C.
Join over 1100 dentists and dental students from across the country in the nation’s capital to advocate for your patients, profession and practice. At the ADA Dentist and Student Lobby Day, attendees will hear from political analysts, subject matter experts and politically involved dentists on issues that affect oral health in the United States.
Lobby Day 2019
Lobby Day Agenda
2019 Draft Agenda
Lobby Day Issues
McCarran-Ferguson Reform for Health Insurance
During Lobby Day we will be lobbying Congress to support amending the McCarran-Ferguson Act to empower the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice to enforce the full range of federal antitrust laws against health insurance companies engaged in anticompetitive conduct, by supporting S.350 in the Senate and H.R.1418 in the House.
McCarran-Ferguson Issue Sheet
Student Loan Programs and the Higher Education Act
The Higher Education Act is several years overdue for reauthorization, therefore during Lobby Day we will be urging Congress to reauthorize the HEA and urge them to combat the exorbitant amounts of dental student debt.
Student Loan Issue Sheet
Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act - S. 560 / H.R. 1379
One in every 33 children in the United States is born with a congenital anomaly or birth defect that affects the way they look, develop or function. A number of these congenital anomalies include severe oral and facial defects such as cleft lip or palate, skeletal and maxillofacial deformities, hypodontia (absence of teeth), and enamel hypoplasia. With this in mind we are urging Congress to support S. 560/H.R. 1379, the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act (ELSA), and urge you to co-sponsor this important bipartisan bill. By doing so, you can ensure that children suffering from congenital anomalies and birth defects are able to receive the treatment they need.
ELSA Issue Sheet
Lobby Day Documents
ADPAC Guide to DC
Questions
For more information on the Lobby Day, please contact Peter Aiello, Grassroots Manager, at aiellop@ada.org or call 202.789.5168.