Candidate Health as Public Accountability

When a campaign or administration deliberately shields a candidate’s serious health limitations, it converts a private medical matter into a national governance risk; states should create standardized, legally enforceable disclosure protocols (with privacy safeguards) for executive‑level candidates and formal responsibilities for senior staff who knowingly conceal incapacitating conditions. This is not only a press problem but a structural governance issue about who may decide when someone is too impaired to run or remain in office. — Making candidate and executive health disclosure a formal accountability mechanism would alter campaign staffing incentives, legal standards for removal, and how voters evaluate fitness, reducing the political risks of concealed incapacity.