Civic Health Alliance

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Accelerating Civic
Engagement within Healthcare

Civic Health Alliance is a non-partisan coalition of health and civic leaders allied around one common cause: the advancement of America’s health through civic engagement in care settings and communities.

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Doctors tend to vote less often than the general population, as do low-income populations and other marginalized communities. Poverty, systemic racism & economic disparities adversely impact the ability of the average American to vote.

Your vote is a health decision. And right now, too many voices are missing. In the 2024 presidential election, 64% of eligible voters cast ballots — the second-highest turnout in over a century. But behind that number is a troubling gap: Black voter turnout dropped by 3 percentage points from 2020, and the Black–white turnout gap is now back to levels not seen since the 1990s. Low-income communities and young people continued to vote at far lower rates than older, wealthier, and white Americans.

Poverty, systemic racism, and economic inequality don't just shape who gets sick — they shape who gets heard. And in 2026, Congress will vote on the future of Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, maternal health funding, and the public health programs millions of families depend on.

The 2026 midterms are a health event. Civic Health Alliance is making sure our communities show up.

Education

Educating staff, patients, and communities on the connection between civic engagement and health outcomes.

Engage

Encouraging voter registration efforts within care settings and in partnership with non-partisan community efforts.

Empower

Empowering people to vote as safely and easily as possible by eliminating barriers to voting.

Help Us Keep Our Communities Healthy

We formed Civic Health Alliance because democracy and health are inseparable. When communities are shut out of civic life by barriers to voting, by distrust in institutions, by a system that was never designed with them in mind, their health suffers for it. We leverage the trusted voices of health professionals and community leaders to make civic engagement a normal, expected part of how we care for each other.

In 2026, we're mobilizing 1,000 Caring Voices Champions — healthcare workers, community leaders, and everyday people — to register voters, lead community conversations, and make sure every eligible person in their community can participate in the decisions that shape our health.

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