Healthcare for Action PAC Endorses Dr. Richard Pan for Congress
National Healthcare Organization Applauds Dr. Pan’s Record Of Lowering Healthcare Costs
Sacramento, CA — Healthcare for Action, the national organization composed of Healthcare professionals, announced today their endorsement of Dr. Richard Pan for United States Congress in California’s sixth district.
“Dr. Richard Pan knows first hand the importance of putting family, health and safety before politics,” said Healthcare for Action Chairwoman, Dr. Anahita Dua. “Now more than ever, we need more healthcare advocates and professionals in public office. Dr. Pan has already fought for more affordable healthcare and safer communities as a California State Senator. He has dedicated his life to building healthy communities and he will continue to do so for all Americans. Healthcare for Action is proud to endorse Dr. Pan for U.S. Congress.”
“I am honored to receive the endorsement of Healthcare for Action, and the frontline healthcare workers that they represent,” said Dr. Richard Pan, Democratic candidate for US Congress (CA-06). "Families deserve access to affordable, quality, and compassionate health care, and I have delivered on reducing the number of uninsured, increasing affordability, and expanding disease prevention. By bringing together communities, clinicians and policymakers, we can make government work so Americans can get the health care they need.”
Healthcare for Action is a national organization that seeks to elect healthcare professionals and those focused on healthcare policy to the US Congress. The Board of Directors is composed of healthcare professionals from across the country. The PAC was founded in 2022 by Dr. Anahita Dua, a vascular surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Healthcare for Action merged with Doctors in Politics in 2023.
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Dr. Richard Pan is a pediatrician, educator, small business owner and Former State Senator dedicated to keeping California’s families healthy and safe. In the State Senate, he championed landmark child and school safety laws and lowered the uninsured rate among children by two-thirds – taking on RFK Jr. twice after preventable disease outbreaks. A Harvard-trained pediatrician and UC Davis professor, he has cared for underserved children, trained future doctors and co-founded Healthy Kids Healthy Future, providing health coverage to more than 65,000 kids.
Known for flipping his state legislative seat from Red to Blue, Dr. Pan is a proven fighter who brings people together to get results — expanding access to health care, strengthening schools, and improving public safety. A husband, father, and small business owner, he understands the challenges families face and is running for Congress to make government work for people again, so every child and family in California has the chance to succeed.
