Why the focus on medical records for candidates for office? [View all]

[guillaumeb]

There is no legal requirement to release medical records, and I can see no real reason that any candidates should release their personal medical history.

Far more important, in my view, is that there should be a law mandating that any candidate for President must release comprehensive financial information prior to the first state contest.

And far more important than medical records is the actual policies and positions that a candidate holds.

I see the doctor once a year, at my wife's insistence, and have been in good health so far. Does that mean that I could not be diagnosed with a serious condition next week?