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Doctors As Legislators: Is that a good idea?

Doctors As Legislators: Is that a good idea?

By MIKE MAGEE As we entered the 2026 Mid-terms, twenty physicians held seats in Congress, four in the Senate and 16 in the House, a record for physicians in the highest offices of the land. (I provide a list below.) In the wake of Tuesday’s remarkable display of democracy, many have shined a light on several new elected physicians, including Sen. Abdul El-Sayed (D-Mich.), Sen. Annie Andrews (D-S.C.), and notably the election of a woman physician as governor of Ohio, Gov. Amy Acton (D-Ohio). They will join, come January, two standing physician senators – John Barrasso (R-WY) and R...

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