US midterm elections: Doctors win critical races in rebuke of Trump, so what does it mean for health?

President Donald Trump and the Republican Party experienced a major defeat in the US midterm elections, with doctors playing a key role in the so called “blue wave.”While votes are still being counted in many places for the final numbers, Democrats have secured majorities in both the Senate and the House, as well as governors’ offices. Among Democrats’ record setting wins, candidates who have a medical degree or had made healthcare affordability one of their campaign priorities won coveted seats in critical races.Among these was Abdul El-Sayed, now senator elect of the key swing state of Michigan, who becomes the first Muslim senator in the nation’s history.1 El-Sayed has a doctor of medicine degree and doctorate in public health, and he has served as the health department director of Detroit and later Wayne County.Another doctor turned politician is Annie Andrews, who worked as a full time paediatrician for 14 years…