Care Talk with Laura Packard: American Health Care Explained

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Care Talk is a weekly American healthcare live streaming show & 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. Shows usually stream live on YouTube and Facebook on Mondays at 4:30pm ET, and podcasts are released on Tuesday mornings.

Our host Laura Packard is the founder of Health Care Voices, organizing adults with serious medical conditions and health care activists across the country for a better health care system in America. Regular featured experts answering your questions include Diane Archer, founder and president of Just Care USA & Senior Advisor on Medicare at Social Security Works, Louise Norris, health insurance and health reform authority at HealthInsurance.org, Rachel Madley, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Center for Health and Democracy, and Aleka Gürel, Director of Government Affairs at HealthSherpa.

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