‘Know Your Care’ & ‘Protect Your Care’ Non-Profit Health Care Advocacy Groups Promoting Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act

Mergers & Acquisitions On April 7, 2011, Democratic lawmakers and reform proponents launched a health care advocacy group. The project has a dual track: a 501c(3) group, called “Know Your Care,” to promote the Affordable Care Act, and a 501c(4) group, “Protect Your Care,” to lobby on the law's behalf. On the day of the launch, the group already had $5 million in the bank. “Know Your Care” is led by board members Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and former Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle. Neera Tanden, who worked on President Obama’s health care task force team, is . . .