Listen "Au Revoir, Anthony Wright"
Episode Synopsis
We're joined today by two guests: first up, Anthony Wright, the longtime Executive Director at Health Access California, who will be leaving soon to take a new position as Executive Director at Families USA in DC. He spoke with us about the new job and his most memorable moments in Sacramento.We also welcome redistricting expert, campaign strategist, and former mayor of Winters, Matt Rexroad, who joins us to talk about the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Worst Week in California Politics. 1:01 Anthony Wright: What is Families USA and why are you leaving?2:41 What the job in DC will look like5:07 "The health system is complex and confusing and Kafkaesue..."5:24 DC is dysfunctional - how do you plan to approach that?8:16 How realistic are current efforts to bring Universal Health Care to California?10:17 "if you take Single Payer seriously... then you need to take the obstacles seriously"11:35 What is exportable from California's experience, and what can California learn from other states?16:25 Who is taking over at Health Access?17:35 A memorable first day in Sacramento19:30 Top memories of 23 years at Health Access22:07 With Trump pledging to repeal the ACA; Are you worried?27:33 #WWCA; Matt Rexroad joins us to look at candidates for an EPIC Worst Week in CA PoliticsWant to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/ Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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