Michigan political candidate claims to be M.D., doesn't have license

[TexasTowelie]

WASHINGTON – In his ads and on his campaign site as the Democratic nominee in Michigan’s 6th Congressional District, Matt Longjohn refers to himself as an “M.D.”

But is he a medical doctor?

According to an article published Wednesday by the Michigan Information & Research Service (MIRS), Longjohn isn’t licensed in Michigan or in his former home state, Illinois, as a medical doctor, though he earned a medical degree at Tulane University and did his residency at Northwestern University.

It may not make any difference politically speaking, since Longjohn — who is running against U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, in the southwestern Michigan district — isn’t offering his services to patients as a physician and has mostly worked as a health researcher and administrator on health projects.

Read more: https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/10/03/michigan-matt-longjohn-doctor/1512273002/

[Hav]

1. What a ridiculous non-issue

He got his degree. Interpreting a rule that one shouldn't create the appearance that one could legally treat patients to accuse him of misrepresenting something is so far-fetched. He is running for office, not making an ad for health related services.

[RockCreek]

2. Many MDs are not licensed

It is a degree from school.
Subsequent training and then keeping up with education, paying large amounts of money to a board, etc. is how you obtain and then keep your license.
If not working in a field where you need a clinical license to work you may not have one.
An MD is a graduate degree in medicine. Nothing more.

[Squinch]

3. What a bullshit article. I am a health professional. There are many states in which I have not

done the paperwork to be licensed. It doesn't mean I am not what I am.

They're really grasping at straws. This guy must be doing well.