Merit-Based Medicine

Merit-Based Medicine is a national effort to expose and eliminate discrimination in medical education and health care. Across the country, medical schools and healthcare systems are replacing objective standards with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies that prioritize race, sex, ethnicity, and other inherent traits over merit. We believe this is not only unfair but dangerous. Our mission is to restore a system where patients receive the best care, and physicians are chosen based on their abilities, not their identity. If you have been denied opportunity, silenced, or harmed by DEI, we're here to help.

Were You Denied an Opportunity Because of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?

If you’re a medical student, healthcare worker, physician, or patient who’s been affected by discriminatory DEI policies, we want to hear from you.

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Medical Schools and Systems on Notice

America First Legal has put these medical schools and healthcare systems on notice that their discriminatory DEI policies violate federal law.

Michigan State's College of Human Medicine and the College of Osteopathic Medicine

East Lansing, MI

University of Virginia School of Medicine

Charlottesville, VA

Indiana University Health System

Indianapolis, IN

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland

Exposing Race-Based Preferences in Organ Transplants

America First Legal just sued the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the Health Resources and Services Administration to expose the Biden Administration’s failure to respond to AFL's prior FOIA request regarding Biden's unlawful scheme to embed discriminatory “equity” standards into the U.S. organ transplant system.

Exposing Race-Based Preferences in Organ Transplants

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Administrative Complaints and Letters

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