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Physician Survey, Spring 2026

A survey for Maine Medical Association and Maine Osteopathic Association members to learn about our work in the Second Session of the 132nd Legislature and to gather information to develop priorities for the 133rd Legislature, which starts in January 2027.
1.Email
2.Name
3.Specialty?
4.What is your practice setting?
5.How many years have you been involved in advocacy efforts in some way, shape, or form?
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6.What key issues are you most passionate about or comfortable with sharing your input on?
Questions about the Priorities of the 133rd Legislature (January 2027 - May 2028)
During the 132nd Session, our priorities included:
  • Reducing Youth Tobacco Use
  • Prior Authorizations Reform
  • Ensuring Appropriate Public Health Guardrails Around Cannabis Use
  • Supporting Sensible Gun Safety Policies
  • Protecting Reproductive Health Care Autonomy
  • Advancing Health Equity for All Members of Our Community by Addressing Social Determinants of Health Care
  • Expanding Access to Behavioral and Mental Health Services
  • Improving Awareness of and Access to Treatment for Substance Use Disorder
  • Protecting the Physician-Patient Relationship
  • Supporting and Expanding the Healthcare Workforce in Maine
  • Increasing Access to Affordable and Quality Healthcare
7.What would you remove or edit from the above list?
8.What do you think needs to stay on the above list?
9.What do you think needs to be added to the above list?
10.Any other comments about our priorities?
Questions about the Administrative Side of Our Advocacy Efforts
11.In what ways did you get involved or learn about our advocacy efforts?
12.What ideas do you have for us to improve efforts for physicians getting involved in advocacy?
13.What ways do you think we did a good job, and what would you like us to continue doing?
14.Any other comments?
Other Questions
15.Are there issues that you are seeing in your practices that you think need legislative or administrative reform?
16.What policy areas do you wish legislators knew more about before heading into the Legislative Session?
17.We have put together educational resources like the virtual Advocacy Bootcamp and "How-To For Physicians" guides on topics like Advocacy, Writing LTE and Op-eds, Engaging in a Legislative Floor Fight, and Public Hearing Testimony. What are other topics that would be helpful?
18.Any final comments?
Thank you for all your help to make this past Legislative Session a success! Please reach out to Anne Sedlack at asedlack@mainephysicians.org with questions!