Heal the Nation
United for a Flourishing Future
With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds.
~Abraham Lincoln
Our Vision
Our Mission
Our Priorities
Education
We believe that school systems should prioritize children’s education and exceed minimum proficiency standards.
Health Care
We are committed to identifying and supporting policies to make health care more affordable for the American people.
Technology
We enthusiastically support innovation and science and believe that new technologies, including AI, must be rolled out with prudence and care.
Energy
We support access to safe and reliable energy for the well-being of Americans and for a well-working society.
Unity
We believe that more unites us than divides us, and we strive toward reconciliation and deep relationality.
Our Approach
Research
We work with a range of partners to identify the best policy initiatives for moving the country forward.
Engagement
We convene people of good will from across the political spectrum who want to work together for the flourishing of the American people.
Service
We serve our neighbors through local partnerships.
About Heal the Nation
Heal the Nation is a 501(c)(3) founded in 2025 by physician and ethicist Dr. Lydia Dugdale to advance a bold, unifying vision for America’s future rooted in human flourishing.
With deep experience at the intersection of medicine, ethics, and public life, Lydia saw the urgent need for a place where leaders could collaborate across divides to address what is broken and help bind up the nation’s wounds. Heal the Nation’s earliest commitments have been to education, medicine, and affordability issues, although other priorities remain, including energy, immigration, and technology.
Our team welcomes the best thinkers for each of our priority areas. We convene voices from across the political spectrum who are committed to identifying practical, sustainable solutions that also serve people well. In collaborative roundtable settings, we openly exchange ideas to begin to identify a blueprint for a more hopeful future and for the healing of our nation.
If you have interest or expertise in one of our priority areas, please contact us.
Partners
