OPINION: We can't address all the ways American democracy is frayed, but we can start with a simple and essential building block of civic engagement, write AlisterFMartin and Sammer Marzouk -- helping patients to register to vote
The surge in momentum around civic health is emerging as one inspiring antidote to these troubling times.
With the push to more meaningfully address health equity and the upstream social determinants of health in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, state and federal policymakers on both sides of the aisle have begun to take notice and support the work of healthcare-based voter registration. In August, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Bakerrecognizing August as Civic Health Month, a month devoted to helping patients and healthcare workers vote in healthcare settings across Massachusetts.
As one of his first acts in office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order calling on all agencies to promote voter registration. As the primary health care-facing agencies, both the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Health and Human Services have released new materials and guidance, as a way to help health facilities engage their patients in voter registration in a nonpartisan way.
Amid declining trust in government, decreasing rates of civic participation and rampant election denialism, experts argue that the health of our democracy is beginning to fail. The surge in momentum around civic health is emerging as one inspiring antidote to these troubling times. Healthcare workers can help create a healthier democracy. We cannot do it alone. But without us, it cannot be done.
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