Given the flurry of recent Federal actions from the Trump Administration and their impacts on funding, agencies, and general resources of the US healthcare system and its public health infrastructure, we wanted to poll our members about how to be most thoughtful about our Federal advocacy efforts.

We will use these results to create a federal advocacy action plan to help guide our work.

MMA: Support Maine physicians, Advance the quality of medicine in Maine, and Promote the health of all Maine people.

MOA: To serve the osteopathic profession in the state of Maine through a coordinated effort of professional education, professional advocacy, and member services in order to ensure the quality of osteopathic care to the people of this state.

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* 1. What are three federal topics that MMA/MOA should consider as top federal advocacy priorities regardless of the person in office.

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* 2. How would you rank President Trump's actions in relation to healthcare?

1 - his policies are hurting healthcare efforts. 5 - his policies are not affecting healthcare efforts. 10 - his policies are helping healthcare efforts
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i We adjusted the number you entered based on the slider’s scale.

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* 3. If you think the Trump Administration policies are hurting healthcare efforts, please provide specific areas that you are concerned about.

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* 4. If you think the Trump Administration are helping healthcare efforts, please provide specific areas that you think are improved by his actions.

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* 5. Have any of President Trump's executive orders affected your or any of your partners' work? Like his federal grant freeze or the removal of healthcare data from the CDC website. If so, please describe.

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* 6. Please organize the following options to how you would like MMA/MOA to respond to federal advocacy that hurts healthcare. Please consider the capacity of staff and member engagement in your answer. Answers at the top of the list are considered most important.

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* 7. How should MMA/MOA develop a system to determine when and what action is needed in response to federal policies. For example, should we create a tiered response with advocacy action items associated with each response?

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* 8. Are there any other ways you would like to see MMA/MOA participate in federal advocacy efforts?

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* 9. Any other comments or questions?

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