Care Talk with Laura Packard: American Health Care Explained
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Care Talk is a weekly American healthcare podcast, from a progressive point of view. Hosted by Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate, health and public policy experts explain health care in the United States and answer your questions on Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, private insurance, and more. We help patients and families navigate America's health insurance and health care industries, and cover in-depth how to deal with medical debt, fight insurance company denials of care, access cheaper prescription drugs and better health care. New episodes every Tuesday. CALL/TEXT IN YOUR QUESTIONS FOR FUTURE EPISODES (202) 838-6837.
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Big Pharma Sued to Block Lower Drug Prices? Here's Why They Lost w/ Merith Basey, Patients for Affordable Drugs
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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RFK Jr.'s HHS Shakeup: Why Top Officials Keep Quitting w/ Kayla Hancock, Protect Our Care
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Hantavirus: Facts vs. Misinformation w/ Dr. Christina Madison, The Public Health Pharmacist
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May 19, 2026 |
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Prior Authorization: The Insurance Denial System Blocking Your Treatment w/ Miranda Yaver, PhD
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May 12, 2026 |
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The Fight to Lower Prescription Drug Prices in America w/ Vinny DeMarco, Maryland Health Care for All
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May 05, 2026 |
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Patient Advocacy in Action: Talking to Your Legislators w/ Mollie Montague, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Don't Get Billed: Avoiding Surprise Medical Costs & Medical Debt w/ Patricia Kelmar, PIRG
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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The Affordable Care Act Turns 16: What's at Stake in 2026 w/ Anne Shoup, Protect Our Care
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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The Problem With Casey Means' Surgeon General Pick w/ Kayla Hancock, Protect Our Care
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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The Dismantling of Public Health in America w/ Dr. Stella Safo, Civic Health Alliance
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Your Insurance Said No? Here's How to Win the Appeal w/ Neal Shah, Counterforce Health
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Why Your Prescriptions Cost So Much (PBMs Explained) w/ Dr. Jeoffry Gordon, Doctors for America
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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TrumpRx Exposed: What It Means for Your Prescriptions w/ Peter Maybarduk, Public Citizen
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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RFK Jr's First Year: The Damage Report w/ Rebecca Parks, Protect Our Care
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Inside Trump’s Health Care Plan w/ Charles Gaba, ACASignups.net
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Examining the New Food Guidelines w/ Dr. Rebecca Fujimura, Doctors for America
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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What’s Going On With the Affordable Care Act? w/ Charles Gaba, ACASignups.net
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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War On Public Health in America? w/ Rebecca Parks, Protect Our Care
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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What’s Going On With Congress & Our Health Care? w/ Margarida Jorge, Health Care for America Now
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Stop the Health Care Price Hike w/ Felicia Burnett, MomsRising
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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What's happening to the Affordable Care Act? w/ Charles Gaba, ACASignups.net
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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What Happens To Our Health Care Now? w/ Alex Lawson, Social Security Works
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Government Still Shut Down, Now What? w/ Margarida Jorge, Health Care for America Now
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Lower Drug Prices Now? w/ Vinny DeMarco, Maryland Health Care For All
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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The Government Shut Down. Now What? w/ Laura Rodriguez, Center for American Progress
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Government Shutdown? w/ Anne Shoup, Protect Our Care
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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What’s Happening to Veterans’ Health Care? w/ Dr. Allison Gill, Daily Beans Podcast
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Damaging Myths in Public Health? w/ Dr. Jessica Steier, Unbiased Science
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Make America Healthy? w/ Miranda Yaver, Defend Public Health
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Addressing the root causes of illness in the US w/ Elizabeth Jacobs, Defend Public Health
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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What Changes Are Coming To Our Health Care, & When? w/ Rachel Madley, Center for Health & Democracy
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Lessons from RomneyCare: Building a Health Safety Net? w/ Alex Sheff, Health Care for All Massachusetts
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Your health insurance costs about to skyrocket? w/ Charles Gaba, ACASignups.net
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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What Happens To The Caring Economy Now? w/ Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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How Will The Trump Budget Affect Medicaid? w/ Dr. Eric Fethke, Doctors for America
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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How Will The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Affect Your Health Care? w/ Natasha Murphy, Center for American Progress
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Still Big, Still Ugly Bill w/ Alex Lawson, Social Security Works
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Big Ugly Bill w/ Adam Hoyer, Protect Our Care
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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"Disgusting Abomination" Budget Bill w/ Bobby Kogan, Center for American Progress
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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TRUMP's Shocking Budget Plan Leaves MILLIONS Without Healthcare? w/ Linda Benesch, Social Security Works
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Prescription drugs we can finally afford? w/ Vinny DeMarco, Maryland Healthcare for All
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May 28, 2025 |
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Big bad budget: Congress cuts our health care? w/ Natasha Murphy, Center for American Progress
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May 20, 2025 |
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Taxes and the Trump Budget w/ Margarida Jorge, Health Care for America Now
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May 13, 2025 |
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Congress is back & getting ready to cut your healthcare? w/ Bobby Kogan, Center for American Progress
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May 06, 2025 |
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Make your state take action on health care? w/ Jessica Grennan, Simple Majority
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Medicaid Under Attack w/ Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Health care & Taxes w/ Maura Quint, Families Over Billionares
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Affordable health insurance under attack? w/ Mina Schultz, Young Invincibles
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Public health under attack? w/ Dr. Elle Saine, Doctors for America
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Happy birthday, Affordable Care Act! w/ Anne Shoup, Protect Our Care
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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So the government didn't shut down. Now what happens? w/ Bobby Kogan, Center for American Progress
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Are we facing a government shutdown? w/ Alex Lawson, Social Security Works
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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What did Congress just do to the budget? w/ Bobby Kogan, Center for American Progress
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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House vs. Senate Budgets, with Medicaid at Risk? w/ Allison Orris, Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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President Trump and Congress' budget crisis? w/ Margarida Jorge, Health Care for America Now
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Medical research under attack? w/ Dr. Meena Bewtra, Doctors for America
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Dangers of Doctor Oz? w/ Dr. Ed Weisbart, Physicians for a National Health Program
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Big Pharma attacks lower priced drugs? w/ Temi Amoye, Patients for Affordable Drugs
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Our health care under President Trump? w/ Margarida Jorge, Health Care for America Now
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Is your birth control at risk? w/ Dana Singiser, Contraceptive Access Initiative
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Is Medicaid in your state at risk? w/ Edwin Park, Georgetown Center for Children and Families
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Veterans' health care at risk in 2025? w/ Naveed Shah, Common Defense
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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America's public health at risk in 2025? w/ Dr. Meena Bewtra, Doctors for America
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Fighting Big Insurance w/ Wendell Potter, Center for Health and Democracy
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Fertility treatments at risk in 2025? w/ Tina Sherman, MomsRising
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Reproductive health care at risk in 2025? w/ Ianthe Metzger, Planned Parenthood
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Medicaid coverage at risk in 2025? w/ Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Affordable Care Act health insurance at risk in 2025? w/ Adam Hoyer, Protect Our Care
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Lower Drug Prices through the Inflation Reduction Act at risk in 2025? w/ Alex Lawson, Social Security Works
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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How to get charity care for hospital bills? w/ Jared Walker, Dollar For
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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What's in the debt ceiling deal? w/ Tory Cross, Caring Across Generations
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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What happens if the U.S. government defaults on our debt? w/ Gideon Lukens, Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
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May 23, 2023 |
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How does the default crisis affect veterans' health care? w/ Naveed Shah, Common Defense
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May 16, 2023 |
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How does a Texas court case affect whether you get preventative care? w/ Cheryl Fish-Parcham, FamiliesUSA
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May 09, 2023 |
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What did Congress just do about the default crisis? w/ Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations
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May 02, 2023 |
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Is the abortion pill banned or not? w/ Jodi Jacobson, Healthcare Across Borders
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Have You Paid Your Taxes? Why Millionaires Aren't Paying Their Fair Share! w/ Maura Quint, Americans for Tax Fairness
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Affordable Care Act Turns 13! How is Obamacare doing? w/ Jonathan Cohn, author of "The Ten Year War"
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Medicaid Unwinding w/ Natasha Murphy, Center for American Progress
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Care Talk - End Medical Debt w/ Jerry Ashton, co-founder of RIP Medical Debt
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Care Talk - Never Pay the First Bill w/ Marshall Allen, author of "Never Pay the First Bill"
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Care Talk - Infant and Child Vaccinations w/ Dr. Shetal Shah, Doctors for America
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Care Talk - State Of Our Health Care w/ Anne Shoup, Protect Our Care
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Care Talk - Ambulance Surprise Bills w/ Patricia Kelmar, U.S. PIRG
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Care Talk - How Dehumanizing Administrative Burdens Harm Disabled People w/ Mia Ives-Rublee, Center for American Progress
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Care Talk - Indian Health Service w/ Dr. Meghan O’Connell, Doctors for America
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Care Talk - Lowering Prescription Drug Costs w/ David Mitchell, founder Patients for Affordable Drugs
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Care Talk - Ending predatory medical debt in Arizona w/ Kaylan Fodor, Healthcare Rising Arizona
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Health Care Staffing Crisis in America w/ Debbie White, HPAE NJ & Anne Tan Piazza - Oregon Nurses Association
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Health Care and the VA System w/ Stacey Echols Sr., VA Health Eligibility Center
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Health Care in Puerto Rico & the U.S. Territories w/ Edwin Park, Georgetown Center for Children and Families
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Medicare and Affordable Care Act open enrollment w/ Adam Hoyer, Protect Our Care
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Open enrollment, election results, and more
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Lower Costs, Better Care w/ Anne Shoup, Protect Our Care
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Covid Boosters w/ Dr. Meena Bewtra, Doctors for America
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Lowering Prescription Drug Costs w/ Margarida Jorge, Health Care For America NOW
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Racial Disparities in Health Care w/ Dr. Chidi Wamuo, Doctors for America
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Care Talk - What to do about a scary diagnosis w/ Dr. Eric Sullivan, Doctors for America
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Health care proxies, living wills, and more w/ Dr. Sara Teichholtz, Doctors for America
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Inflation Reduction Act & your health care w/ Anne Shoup, Protect Our Care
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Consolidation and competition of medical providers w/ Eagan Kemp, Public Citizen
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Patient safety and advocacy w/ Dr. Ami Macurdy Keatts
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Abortion post Roe v Wade w/ Lizzie Presser, ProPublica
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Care Talk - What is SSI, and SSDI? w/ Peter Grumbles, Law Offices of John Dunlap
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Health Insurance Premiums at Risk w/ Adam Hoyer, Protect Our Care
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Gun Violence and Health Care w/ Dr. Meena Bewtra, Doctors for America
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Abortion and Health Care w/ Dr. Meena Bewtra, Doctors for America
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Care Talk - America and the Global Pandemic w/ Keifer Buckingham, Open Society Foundations
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May 03, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Health Care & Medical Debt w/ John McNamara, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Health Care and our Tax System w/ Maura Quint, Americans for Tax Fairness
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Care Talk - State-Based Public Options for Health Insurance w/ Liz Hagan, United States of Care
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Health Care Around The World w/ T. R. Reid, author "The Healing of America"
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Care Talk - What to Do if You're Losing Health Insurance Through Medicaid w/ Natasha Murphy, Center for American Progress
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Affordable Care Act 12th Anniversary w/ Anne Shoup, Protect Our Care
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Care Talk - What Children with Complex Medical Conditions & Disabilities Face w/ Little Lobbyists
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Biden's State of the Union and Plans to Improve Health Care w/ Adam Hoyer, Protect Our Care
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Care Talk - How to Fight Outrageous Medical Bills w/ Adam Fox, Colorado Consumer Health Initiative (CCHI)
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Care Talk - All the Pieces of Our Health Care System w/ Wendell Potter
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Care Talk - The E.R. versus Urgent Care w/ Dr. Cedric Dark, Doctors for America
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Answering Your COVID Questions w/ Dr. Meena Bewtra, Doctors for America
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Health Disparities in American Health Care w/ Dr. Sanjeev Sriram (Dr. America)
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Care Talk - Last Chance to Get Covered with Health Insurance during Open Enrollment
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Care Talk - No Surprises Act and the End of Surprise Medical Bills?
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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Care Talk - COVID-19 and the holidays w/ Justin Lowenthal, Doctors for America
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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Care Talk - We're Here to Answer Your Health Insurance Questions!
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Care Talk - Who Has Health Insurance Questions? We Answer 'Em! w/ Mia Ives-Rublee, Center for American Progress
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Care Talk - Drowning in Health Insurance Questions? We're Here to Help!
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Care Talk - Do You Have Health Insurance Questions? We have answers!
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Care Talk - Health Insurance Questions? We have answers!
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Care Talk - We Answer Your Health Insurance Questions
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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Care Talk - Answering Your Health Insurance Questions
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Nov 02, 2021 |