Such a fun conversation with my dear friend and longtime broadcaster Randy Aldridge. ❤️ I had the pleasure of meeting Randy many years ago — and considering he’s been in broadcasting forever, we’ll just leave it at “many years” so neither of us has to start doing math. 😂
He recently invited me onto WECT News Now for a live interview, which is always my favorite kind of conversation.
🎤 You have to think on the fly
💬 The conversation flows much more naturally
😂 You never quite know where it’s going
❤️ And somehow that usually makes it more fun
Randy and I covered quite a bit:
♿ A little of my personal story
👑 My experience as Ms. Wheelchair America
🎙️ My work today as a professional speaker and advocate
🏥 And, of course, my consistently unpaid day job of navigating and fighting the health insurance system
We talked about prior authorizations, appeals, access to care, and the reality that so many patients and families are forced to become experts in a system they never asked to learn.
At the heart of it all is something I care deeply about:
Access to healthcare shouldn’t depend on how good you are at fighting for it.
Randy, thank you for having me on, for the friendship over the years, and for giving me the opportunity to talk about work that means so much to me. ❤️
📺 Watch the full conversation here:
https://lnkd.in/eQqYcbYF