Opinion: Physician groups need to become better advocates

Physicians need to advocate for change both outside and inside their professional organizations. Here’s how to get started.

Apr 21, 2025 - 09:34
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Opinion: Physician groups need to become better advocates

Democrats recently unveiled a campaign to recruit and elect 100 doctors to public office. Democrats hope that by recruiting physicians to public office, they will be able to combat misinformation and restore trust in medicine and science. 

Amid a full-blown measles outbreak, the U.S. plan to withdraw from the World Health Organization, the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Health and Human Services secretary, the gutting of HHS, and more, the Democrats’ is a worthy goal.

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