red, white & Who?

MSNBC (44min)

Journalist and comedian Francesca Fiorentini investigates how everyday Americans are dealing with the cost of health care, from cowboys in Texas to Medicaid activists in Utah to New Yorkers fighting for the New York Health Act. I produced this one-hour prime-time special, which also features an interview with then presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders in a famed NYC deli. It premiered on Dec. 29, 2019.

Here’s how the special opens (turn off ad blockers to view):

And here’s an extended version of Francesca Fiorentini’s brilliantly funny interview with Sen. Sanders:

The special featured several short “explainers” filmed in the field, like at this New York bus stop:

We spoke with Americans of all political stripes, including a Republican state lawmaker who opposed Medicaid expansion in Utah: