2026 is here!
Pennsylvania remains important in the national political landscape and each district has unique needs and concerns. We are gearing up to take action and tracking the following:
Thank you for voting! All 3 PA Supreme Court judges retained their seats on Nov 4th.
This was one of the most high-stakes and significant elections in the COUNTRY this year
Protecting Public Health
Since his nomination, we have voiced concerns about RFK Jr. serving in the role as HHS Secretary.
Over 1,000 current and former HHS staff, the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), the APHA and six former US Surgeons General have called for RFK Jr’s resignation.
Share your healthcare story.
Congress failed to extend the Enhanced Premium Tax Credits (EPTCs), which expired 12/31. When Congress returns in January, the House will vote on a 3 year extension of the credits.
PA physicians and/or residents can contact their legislators to support the extension of ACA subsidies.
Physicians, healthcare workers, patients and families can record a video about the impact of cuts to Medicaid.
Protect Public Health
On behalf of their hundreds of thousand physician members and millions of patients, the following organizations have spoken out in a unified voice on the topic of vaccines:
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
American Medical Association (AMA)
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
American Psychiatric Association (APA)
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM)
American College of Physicians
Their message is simple: vaccines are safe, vaccines save lives, and undermining vaccines is reckless.
Listen to PA physicians Drs. Wendy Dean and Matt Ramsey’s 43cc podcast, where they discuss the closing of the Crozer Chester Medical Center, the impact of private equity on healthcare, and the ongoing harms of the healthcare system itself on the people (us) trying to provide quality care.
The five-part series dropped during May 2025. A follow up episode, “The Fall of Crozer Health: Eight Months Later” dropped in December 2025.
Take Action for Change.
Sen. Chris Murphy’s new PAC, the American Mobilization Project will support organizations that oppose Medicaid cuts and register young voters. First recipients include Project 26 Pennsylvania, Georgia Youth Justice, and our colleagues at the Committee to Protect Health Care in Michigan, Louisiana, and Utah.
“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman because it often results in physical death.”
– Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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