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The Jackpod: The other Washington

37:59

October 24, 2025

A woman uses a walker as she exits an assisted living building in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty sees Washington state’s first-in-the-nation social insurance program for long-term care as a portent for the future of the politics of remedy in the U.S.

The Jackpod: History, literature and politics with Jack Beatty