Vote Your Health

Who decides your health care, state by state.

Most of what will happen to your health in the next four years will be decided by people on the November 3 ballot, or by people they appoint, and most of them are decided state by state. This week, one piece a day, says who they are, what they control, and what to ask them.

The week before you vote

• Sunday, October 25: the plan for the week.
• Monday, October 26: Who Decides What in Your Health Care. A map: who decides, federal, state and city, and who is on the November 3 ballot.
• Tuesday, October 27: Your State. One page for each of the fifty states and the District: your numbers, your ballot, your health measures, and what to ask.
• Wednesday, October 28: Seven Questions to ask anyone who wants your vote.
• Thursday, October 29: Your Health, Your Voice, Your Vote. Five commitments, and who could make them.
• Friday, October 30: Find your state. Every state page, in one place, so you can go straight to yours before you vote. Each state page has a one-page card. Download the PDF to your phone to take with you to the polls.
  AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming
• Election Day, November 3.

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Where I stand. I am not a member of any party. No party’s platform was written with me in mind, and I would rather judge each candidate on what they will do about the things on these pages than adopt an agenda somebody else assembled. This is not a paid announcement. I am not raising money. Nobody is paying me to write this. I am a surgeon with conflicts of interest like everyone in this field: I founded the companies and the charity that carry this work, and I write books about it. None of them profit from how you vote. — Robin Blackstone, MD