PAC & Forth Episode 4: Damon Connolly

In this episode of PAC & Forth, we sit down with Assemblymember Damon Connolly, author of AB 2457, PAC-sponsored legislation that builds on last year’s credentialing reform by extending it to Medi-Cal managed care plans.

This conversation gets into:

• Why AB 2457 is the logical next step after AB 1041?
• How credentialing delays create real barriers to care in rural and underserved communities?
• Why physician shortages and reimbursement challenges hit Medi-Cal patients especially hard?
• How Sacramento is thinking about health care access amid federal funding threats?
• What lawmakers need to hear from physicians to move policy across the finish line?
• Why fixing administrative bottlenecks can be one of the most practical ways to improve care?
  
  

Tune in to hear a broader conversation about access, affordability, and whether California can keep moving forward on health care at a moment of real uncertainty.