Stephanie Wittels Wachs has a daughter born with hearing loss, which is how she found out insurance didn’t cover hearing aids for kids. Those start at $6,000 and only last a few years. Stephanie teamed up with a few other moms to change Texas law… and won.
Stephanie is a terrific storyteller. She’s the author of Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful, a memoir about grieving her brother, Harris Wittels, a writer for TV comedies like Parks and Recreation, who died of a heroin overdose.
… and she is the host of the new podcast Last Day, which uses her brother’s story as a starting point for a deep and smart and very-human look at the opioid crisis. Highly recommend: https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/last-day
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