Power Station

I was uninsured for parts of my childhood


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When we talk about healthcare in America, I mean among friends and family, not reporters and pundits, it is difficult to know which headline-making topic to tackle first. Some conversations focus on disparities in health outcomes, preventable gaps based on race, income and geography that require political will to overcome. Others focus on the profound impacts on the horizon for 22 million Americans facing spikes in their premiums, a feature of our current administration's budget bill, that they cannot afford. The state of healthcare in America and the pathway to systems transformation is the life's work and expertise of Anthony Wright, my guest on this week's episode of Power Station. Anthony leads Families USA, a nonprofit that has been instrumental in advocating for and winning policy solutions, which include passage of the Affordable Care Act and the Children's Health Improvement Program and the ending of surprise medical billing. He brings both personal experience with healthcare instability and nonprofit leadership in multiple states to this national role. Anthony wants legislators and reporters to hear more stories about the human impacts of these cutbacks and not just the political impacts. They can start by listening to Anthony Wright Anthony here.

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