ACP renews call for physicians to vote, make health care an issue for presidential election year

Medical Economics April 22, 2024
Richard Payerchin

Physicians group leaders comment as part of annual gathering this month.

Health care must become an election issue as the nation prepares for a presidential vote in November, said the leader of the American College of Physicians (ACP).

Voting is critical for doctors, patients and their communities, according to ACP, and College President Omar T. Atiq, MD, MACP, spoke about the issue as part of the Internal Medicine Meeting 2024, the annual scientific conference.

“Now more than ever, we need to keep health and health care in mind as an election issue,” Atiq said in a written statement. “As physicians, we need to think about the ways in which the government can affect our practice of medicine and our ability...

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