The WISMedPAC Board of Directors is composed of physician members, medical students and residents, and physician spouses from across the state that play an active role in putting a face on medicine in the minds of elected officials. The WISMedPAC Board of Directors have created two medical political action accounts to allow individual physicians to express their interest and participate in the political process.

WISMedPAC and WISMedDIRECT allow physicians to take an active role in the state political process and the future of health care. They are voluntary, nonprofit organizations whose membership consists of concerned physicians, their spouses and others interested in improving health care in Wisconsin.

WISMedDIRECT

WISMedDIRECT, also known as a conduit, is very popular with physicians because it allows physicians and their spouses to earmark funds to be given as individual contributions to candidates of their choice — a personal political bank account. You, the physician, decide who receives your contribution and by making your donation through WISMedDIRECT you help to increase physician presence in the State Capitol.

Contributors control which political candidate receives their contribution and when. The physician retains control of their "personal political bank account." WISMedDIRECT bundles all contributions received for a candidate and forwards one large check to that campaign. By "bundling" donations, the political influence of Wisconsin physicians is increased. WISMedDIRECT also sends a letter identifying each individual whose donations have been "bundled" so they receive recognition from the candidate. This account is totally controlled by the physician with all the paperwork to comply with election laws done by WISMedDIRECT staff.

WISMedPAC

WISMedPAC makes contributions to the campaigns of state politicians that have been identified as being pro-healthcare. Contributions are made in the name of WISMedPAC and are at the direction of the WISMedPAC Board of Directors. Physicians keep a lower profile because individual contributions are only acknowledged as a part of one check from the organization; some physicians prefer the anonymity while doing their fair share to participate.

Politicians are identified as being pro-healthcare through an extensive vetting process that includes WISMedPAC-sponsored candidate forums, interviews, and written responses to requests for information and thorough analysis of their voting records.
The combined efforts of WISMedPAC and WISMedDIRECT allow the medical profession to support candidates with a combination of individual and PAC involvement.

Join the Fight!

Help preserve the ability to provide quality medicine and preserve a physician's control of medical decisions by participating in the following ways:

1. Enlist with WISMedPAC or WISMedDIRECT; become a member and get involved. Click here for the application form. (requires Adobe) You can also contribute on-line at the Society's secure e-commerce site.
2. Talk to your patients, peers, and co-workers about public policy issues related to health care.
3. Urge your friends and patients to vote for pro-patient care candidates.
4. Form a personal relationship with your elected officials, become a member of our Key Contact Program and volunteer to advise your state and federal representatives on health care issues.

WISMedPAC Staff
Jeremy Levin

Officers:
Chair: Sridhar V. Vasudevan, MD
Vice-Chair: John Hartman, MD
Secretary-Treasurer: Paul Wertsch, MD
Assistant Secretary-Treasurer: Allan Levin, MD