In late September 2026, questions surfaced over Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed describing himself as a physician despite holding no valid medical license in Michigan or New York. In October the discussion widened when El-Sayed floated amending the Constitution to replace the right to bear arms with a right to health care. The license gap itself is established; what remains contested is whether the title is a fair description of his training and public health work or a claim he cannot back.