Posted on 09/13/2024 7:24:23 AM PDT by george76
Legislation has lots of support, but it may not make it to the House floor this Congressional session
A Republican-backed bill seeking to rein in progressive ideology in medical schools has garnered plenty of support among conservatives, as well as an active lobbying campaign, but its path to success is foggy.
Among hurdles it faces is opposition among the medical establishment as time runs down on the current House session with the looming November election.
Rep. Greg Murphy, a North Carolina Republican and a doctor, introduced the House bill in March. Senate Republicans soon followed with a companion measure.
It seeks to block federal funding to med schools that use DEI within the curriculum, or maintain DEI offices or programming.
“Medicine is about serving others and doing the best job possible in every circumstance. We cannot afford to sacrifice the excellence and quality of medical education at the hands of prejudice and divisive ideology,” Murphy said when he introduced the legislation.
The Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education, or EDUCATE, Act, was referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, but has yet to advance despite now boasting 56 cosponsors, up from the 35 it had when first introduced.
An ongoing campaign by the Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom is also actively lobbying Americans to call on lawmakers to pass the pill.
“Medical schools are imposing DEI training on doctors. The last thing you want is a doctor who is more interested in the color of your skin than actually delivering quality care when you need it most,” the group argues as part of its campaign.
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In June, dozens of conservative groups wrote to House Speaker Mike Johnson and workforce committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx — a fellow North Carolina Republican to Murphy — asking them to give the bill time in the spotlight.
The letter, obtained by Fox News, stated in part: “Prioritizing the teaching of the political and social ideology at the heart of DEI, to the exclusion or expense of academic excellence, has life and death consequences for millions of patients. This bill takes a critical first step in reorienting medical education towards its noble, life-saving mission.”
Fifty-two groups signed the letter, including Do No Harm, Tea Party Patriots Action, Heritage Action, Physicians for Reform and others, Fox News reported.
One signatory is Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, chair of Do No Harm, an organization representing physicians, nurses, medical students, and patients voicing concern about how critical race theory affects meritocracy in med schools.
Scott Centorino, vice president of Do No Harm Action, told The College Fix the EDUCATE Act would resolve DEI concerns in med schools, such as race-based patient prioritization.
“The problems associated with identity politics in healthcare are becoming more and more obvious, sacrificing precious time at the altar of social justice instead of training the next generation of physicians to treat all patients with the utmost care and dignity,” he told The Fix via email.
“If individuals want to prioritize politics over patients, that’s their right. But if you’re using federal tax dollars, there is no place for it,” Centorino said.
But many in the medical establishment are taking the opposite approach.
The American College of Emergency Physicians President Aisha Terry said in an interview published earlier this month that many members of the medical community are lobbying to see the bill amended or quashed.
Terry said she personally voiced concerns with Murphy, and what’s more many members of her group asked their state representatives to block the bill.
Terry also pointed out Murphy is currently dealing with personal health issues that may impede his ability to address the legislation fully. In late May, Murphy announced he has a benign skull tumor.
“Unfortunately, Representative Murphy has had some health issues of late and so certainly being very respectful of his time of healing and recovering,” she said. “But rest assured, more to come about the ongoing dialogue on that bill.”
It gets tiring watching progressives do things culturally, but then the response is political.
This is a recipe for failure. Even if the bill ultimately passes.
DEI-WOKISM should be totally abolished and its promoters imprisoned for violating the civil rights of citizens.
Genocidal 3rd world hate and rage against the white race is alive and well everywhere including South Africa and the United States and Israel and even in the 2024 election for U.S. president.
That it has also infected health care and the education of medical doctors in the West should come as no surprise. Anecdotally, we have personally been at the receiving end of blatantly discriminatory treatment protocols at the hands of obviously gender-challenged medical support staff individuals during doctor visits, and have also experienced receiving health care in settings where the support staff for the doctor who was white was composed exclusively of black and other non-white individuals.
This has been going on a very long time. In fact, in our geographic area, the Southeast, the number of white physicians educated at American schools who are in practice has declined noticeably, compared to those who are non-white.
And of course the unspoken demand for quality professional care by a burgeoning population of 3rd world residents in the U.S. has created inordinate wait times for appointment scheduling, where it now can take months before you are able to be scheduled for an appointment to see a medical professional.
Minorites don’t even understand that they’re hurting themselves with this crap. People will avoid minority doctors like the plague. He COULD be a good doctor, but do you really want to risk it?
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