Dr. Richard Hudspeth is the former CEO of Blue Ridge Health, a non-profit agency that helps folks in Polk and other counties in western North Carolina get the physical, mental, and dental care that they might not otherwise have access to. He’s also a general practitioner. So, it’s fair to say he probably has a pretty good idea of what works — and what doesn’t — in the U.S. health care system. That understanding is what’s behind his campaign for the job of congressman for North Carolina District 11.

In this episode we talk about whether that diagnosis can be applied to the country's political problems in general.

Resources:

⁠Richard Hudspeth for Congress⁠

⁠The fight over healthcare insurance subsidies⁠

Effects of GOP legislation on NC medicaid coverage