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Care Talk with Laura Packard: American Health Care Explained — 144 episodes · page 1 of 2
Big Pharma Loses Again! But Will Trump's Deals Lower Your Drug Prices? w/ Merith Basey, Patients for Affordable Drugs
Doctors vs. Insurance Companies: Why We Must Ban Prior Authorization w/ Emma Freer and Hannah Garden-Monheit, American Economic Liberties Project
Trump's Vaccine Order: What It Means for Your Kids w/ Dr. Didi Ray, Doctors for America
What's Safe to Eat? Cyclospora, Salmonella & the Food Safety Crisis w/ Dr. Janet Krommes, Doctors for America
Corporate Health Care Crimes: Wendell Potter on the Real Waste, Fraud & Abuse
How Wellness Influencers Scam Patients w/ Jen Bordenick, Unbiased Science
Medicare and Medicaid Anniversary: Can We Protect Both Programs? w/ Margarida Jorge, Health Care for America Now
Big Medicine's Monopoly Problem: Corporate Consolidation Is Costing You Everything w/ Emma Freer, American Economic Liberties Project
Big Pharma Charges the World's Highest Prices - Here's the Public Fix w/ Alejandro Molina, Groundwork Collaborative
Screwworm Crisis: What They're Not Telling You About Food Safety w/ Dr. Carrie McMahon, Unbiased Science
Medicaid Work Requirements: Will the Medical Frailty Exemption Protect You? w/ Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations
Hospital Mergers Are Making Your Healthcare Bills Explode w/ Natasha Murphy, Center for American Progress
Big Pharma Sued to Block Lower Drug Prices? Here's Why They Lost w/ Merith Basey, Patients for Affordable Drugs
RFK Jr.'s HHS Shakeup: Why Top Officials Keep Quitting w/ Kayla Hancock, Protect Our Care
Hantavirus: Facts vs. Misinformation w/ Dr. Christina Madison, The Public Health Pharmacist
Prior Authorization: The Insurance Denial System Blocking Your Treatment w/ Miranda Yaver, PhD
The Fight to Lower Prescription Drug Prices in America w/ Vinny DeMarco, Maryland Health Care for All
Patient Advocacy in Action: Talking to Your Legislators w/ Mollie Montague, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
Don't Get Billed: Avoiding Surprise Medical Costs & Medical Debt w/ Patricia Kelmar, PIRG
The Affordable Care Act Turns 16: What's at Stake in 2026 w/ Anne Shoup, Protect Our Care
The Problem With Casey Means' Surgeon General Pick w/ Kayla Hancock, Protect Our Care
The Dismantling of Public Health in America w/ Dr. Stella Safo, Civic Health Alliance
Your Insurance Said No? Here's How to Win the Appeal w/ Neal Shah, Counterforce Health
Why Your Prescriptions Cost So Much (PBMs Explained) w/ Dr. Jeoffry Gordon, Doctors for America
TrumpRx Exposed: What It Means for Your Prescriptions w/ Peter Maybarduk, Public Citizen
RFK Jr's First Year: The Damage Report w/ Rebecca Parks, Protect Our Care
Inside Trump’s Health Care Plan w/ Charles Gaba, ACASignups.net
Examining the New Food Guidelines w/ Dr. Rebecca Fujimura, Doctors for America
What’s Going On With the Affordable Care Act? w/ Charles Gaba, ACASignups.net
War On Public Health in America? w/ Rebecca Parks, Protect Our Care
What’s Going On With Congress & Our Health Care? w/ Margarida Jorge, Health Care for America Now
Stop the Health Care Price Hike w/ Felicia Burnett, MomsRising
What's happening to the Affordable Care Act? w/ Charles Gaba, ACASignups.net
What Happens To Our Health Care Now? w/ Alex Lawson, Social Security Works
Government Still Shut Down, Now What? w/ Margarida Jorge, Health Care for America Now
Lower Drug Prices Now? w/ Vinny DeMarco, Maryland Health Care For All
The Government Shut Down. Now What? w/ Laura Rodriguez, Center for American Progress
Government Shutdown? w/ Anne Shoup, Protect Our Care
What’s Happening to Veterans’ Health Care? w/ Dr. Allison Gill, Daily Beans Podcast
Damaging Myths in Public Health? w/ Dr. Jessica Steier, Unbiased Science
Make America Healthy? w/ Miranda Yaver, Defend Public Health
Addressing the root causes of illness in the US w/ Elizabeth Jacobs, Defend Public Health
What Changes Are Coming To Our Health Care, & When? w/ Rachel Madley, Center for Health & Democracy
Lessons from RomneyCare: Building a Health Safety Net? w/ Alex Sheff, Health Care for All Massachusetts
Your health insurance costs about to skyrocket? w/ Charles Gaba, ACASignups.net
What Happens To The Caring Economy Now? w/ Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations
How Will The Trump Budget Affect Medicaid? w/ Dr. Eric Fethke, Doctors for America
How Will The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Affect Your Health Care? w/ Natasha Murphy, Center for American Progress
Still Big, Still Ugly Bill w/ Alex Lawson, Social Security Works
Big Ugly Bill w/ Adam Hoyer, Protect Our Care
"Disgusting Abomination" Budget Bill w/ Bobby Kogan, Center for American Progress
TRUMP's Shocking Budget Plan Leaves MILLIONS Without Healthcare? w/ Linda Benesch, Social Security Works
Prescription drugs we can finally afford? w/ Vinny DeMarco, Maryland Healthcare for All
Big bad budget: Congress cuts our health care? w/ Natasha Murphy, Center for American Progress
Taxes and the Trump Budget w/ Margarida Jorge, Health Care for America Now
Congress is back & getting ready to cut your healthcare? w/ Bobby Kogan, Center for American Progress
Make your state take action on health care? w/ Jessica Grennan, Simple Majority
Medicaid Under Attack w/ Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations
Health care & Taxes w/ Maura Quint, Families Over Billionares
Affordable health insurance under attack? w/ Mina Schultz, Young Invincibles
Public health under attack? w/ Dr. Elle Saine, Doctors for America
Happy birthday, Affordable Care Act! w/ Anne Shoup, Protect Our Care
So the government didn't shut down. Now what happens? w/ Bobby Kogan, Center for American Progress
Are we facing a government shutdown? w/ Alex Lawson, Social Security Works
What did Congress just do to the budget? w/ Bobby Kogan, Center for American Progress
House vs. Senate Budgets, with Medicaid at Risk? w/ Allison Orris, Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
President Trump and Congress' budget crisis? w/ Margarida Jorge, Health Care for America Now
Medical research under attack? w/ Dr. Meena Bewtra, Doctors for America
Dangers of Doctor Oz? w/ Dr. Ed Weisbart, Physicians for a National Health Program
Big Pharma attacks lower priced drugs? w/ Temi Amoye, Patients for Affordable Drugs
Our health care under President Trump? w/ Margarida Jorge, Health Care for America Now
Is your birth control at risk? w/ Dana Singiser, Contraceptive Access Initiative
Is Medicaid in your state at risk? w/ Edwin Park, Georgetown Center for Children and Families
Veterans' health care at risk in 2025? w/ Naveed Shah, Common Defense
America's public health at risk in 2025? w/ Dr. Meena Bewtra, Doctors for America
Fighting Big Insurance w/ Wendell Potter, Center for Health and Democracy
Fertility treatments at risk in 2025? w/ Tina Sherman, MomsRising
Reproductive health care at risk in 2025? w/ Ianthe Metzger, Planned Parenthood
Medicaid coverage at risk in 2025? w/ Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations
Affordable Care Act health insurance at risk in 2025? w/ Adam Hoyer, Protect Our Care
Lower Drug Prices through the Inflation Reduction Act at risk in 2025? w/ Alex Lawson, Social Security Works
How to get charity care for hospital bills? w/ Jared Walker, Dollar For
What's in the debt ceiling deal? w/ Tory Cross, Caring Across Generations
What happens if the U.S. government defaults on our debt? w/ Gideon Lukens, Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
How does the default crisis affect veterans' health care? w/ Naveed Shah, Common Defense
How does a Texas court case affect whether you get preventative care? w/ Cheryl Fish-Parcham, FamiliesUSA
What did Congress just do about the default crisis? w/ Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations
Is the abortion pill banned or not? w/ Jodi Jacobson, Healthcare Across Borders
Have You Paid Your Taxes? Why Millionaires Aren't Paying Their Fair Share! w/ Maura Quint, Americans for Tax Fairness
Affordable Care Act Turns 13! How is Obamacare doing? w/ Jonathan Cohn, author of "The Ten Year War"
Medicaid Unwinding w/ Natasha Murphy, Center for American Progress
Care Talk - End Medical Debt w/ Jerry Ashton, co-founder of RIP Medical Debt
Care Talk - Never Pay the First Bill w/ Marshall Allen, author of "Never Pay the First Bill"
Care Talk - Infant and Child Vaccinations w/ Dr. Shetal Shah, Doctors for America
Care Talk - State Of Our Health Care w/ Anne Shoup, Protect Our Care
Care Talk - Ambulance Surprise Bills w/ Patricia Kelmar, U.S. PIRG
Care Talk - How Dehumanizing Administrative Burdens Harm Disabled People w/ Mia Ives-Rublee, Center for American Progress
Care Talk - Indian Health Service w/ Dr. Meghan O’Connell, Doctors for America
Care Talk - Lowering Prescription Drug Costs w/ David Mitchell, founder Patients for Affordable Drugs
Care Talk - Ending predatory medical debt in Arizona w/ Kaylan Fodor, Healthcare Rising Arizona