ANTHONY E. WRIGHT (He, Him) has served as Executive Director for Health Access, the California health care consumer advocacy coalition, since 2002. Health Access has led state and national efforts to win consumer protections, fight budget cuts and invest in our safety net, and advance coverage expansions and comprehensive health reform for a more affordable, inclusive, and equitable health system.

Wright led California’s coalition efforts to help pass the Affordable Care Act, and the state laws to implement and improve it. He has co-chaired the #Health4All campaign that won expansions of coverage to children, young adults, and seniors regardless of immigration status, and led other successful efforts to pass first-in-the-nation patient protections to ensure timely access to care, to stop hospital overcharging of the uninsured, and to provide additional affordability assistance to middle-income families, and best-in-nation laws to win prescription drug price transparency, stop surprise medical bills, and more.

With a background as a consumer advocate and community organizer, Wright has also worked for New Jersey Citizen Action, the Center for Media Education, The Nation magazine, and in Vice President Gore's office in the White House. He has been widely quoted in state and national media, and consistently listed in Capitol Weekly’s annual Top 100 in California politics and policy.

Born and raised in the Bronx, Wright graduated from Amherst College magna cum laude in both English and Sociology. He lives in Davis with his wife Jessica, and his son Jefferson.

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