The National Physicians Alliance is the founding partner and sponsor of Rx Democracy!

When people have a voice - whether in the exam room, in the voting booth, or in civic and community life -- they tend to be healthier. We believe that the more people participate, particularly in communities that experience the greatest health and civic barriers, the healthier our democracy becomes. 
In 2008, America's best clinicians, students and health professionals formed a national nonpartisan network to help patients and those who care for them to have a voice in their health care and their community. We partner with civic organizations to provide opportunities and tools for nonpartisan voter and civic engagement in health care settings.
 

We help

  • Educate health professionals to promote civic participation where they work
  • Provide tools and resources for nonpartisan voter and civic engagement
  • Connect health professionals with nonpartisan civic allies
  • Understand and strengthen the relationship between health and democracy

Coalition Partners

Health

National

Academic Pediatric Association (APA)*

American Medical Student Association (AMSA)*

American Public Health Assocation- Student Assembly (APHA-SA)*

Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU)*

Doctors for America (DFA)

National Physicians Alliance (NPA)*  (Founding Partner)

Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)

The Roosevelt Institution

Student National Medical Association (SNMA)*

Regional/Local

California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP) *

California Primary Care Association (CPCA)

Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County (CCALAC)

Civic Allies

National

Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network

Deliberative Democracy Consortium

Ya Es Hora ¡VE Y VOTA!  

Regional/Local

California

League of Women Voters of California Education Fund & Easy Voter Guide Project

California Voter Foundation

The California Participation Project

Colorado

Colorado Participation Project

 

* These health care-related organizations were members of the Rx Vote Campaign, our inaugural coalition effort to register voters in 2008. They collectively registered over 26,000 voters in clinics nationwide that year.