Laura Packard

Care Talk with Laura Packard: American Health Care Explained

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American health care is broken. But that doesn't mean it needs to break you. With the help of some friends, we can make sense of it all and come out stronger. Join Laura Packard, cancer survivor and health care advocate, each week on Care Talk as she brings policy experts to 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 systems, and explain topics in-depth from how to fight medical bills to lowering the cost of healthcare in America. New episodes every Tuesday....

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Laura Packard

Episodes

Care Talk - Racial Disparities in Health Care w/ Dr. Chidi Wamuo, Doctors for America 30.08.2022 27:05

Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system? Welcome to Care Talk! We answer YOUR health insurance questions live, with experts including Laura Packard from Health Care Voices & Health Care Voter, and Aleka Gürel from HealthSherpa. Joining us is special guest Dr. Chidi Wamuo of Doctors for America, who will talk about racial disparities in health care and what we...

Care Talk - What to do about a scary diagnosis w/ Dr. Eric Sullivan, Doctors for America 23.08.2022 32:35

Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system? Welcome to Care Talk! We answer YOUR health insurance questions live, with experts including Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Aleka Gürel from HealthSherpa. Joining us is special guest Dr. Eric Sullivan of Doctors for America, who will talk about what to do...

Care Talk - Health care proxies, living wills, and more w/ Dr. Sara Teichholtz, Doctors for America 16.08.2022 28:56

Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system? Welcome to Care Talk! We answer YOUR health insurance questions live, with experts including Laura Packard from Health Care Voices & Health Care Voter, and Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works. Joining us is special guest Dr. Sara Teichholtz of Doctors for America, who will talk about health care pro...

Care Talk - Inflation Reduction Act & your health care w/ Anne Shoup, Protect Our Care 09.08.2022 30:58

Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system? Welcome to Care Talk! We answer YOUR health insurance questions live, with experts including Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Aleka Gurel from HealthSherpa. Joining us is special guest Anne Shoup of Protect Our Care, who will talk about the budget reconcili...

Care Talk - Consolidation and competition of medical providers w/ Eagan Kemp, Public Citizen 02.08.2022 29:22

Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system? Welcome to Care Talk! We answer YOUR health insurance questions live, with experts including Laura Packard from Health Care Voices Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Zoid Finch from HealthSherpa. Joining us is special guest Eagan Kemp of Public Citizen, who will talk about consolidation and compet...

Care Talk - Patient safety and advocacy w/ Dr. Ami Macurdy Keatts 26.07.2022 28:08

Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system? Welcome to Care Talk! We answer YOUR health insurance questions live, with experts including Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Zoid Finch from HealthSherpa. Joining us is special guest Dr. Ami Macurdy Keatts to talk about patient safety and advocacy from a p...

Care Talk - Abortion post Roe v Wade w/ Lizzie Presser, ProPublica 19.07.2022 28:41

Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system? Welcome to Care Talk! We answer YOUR health insurance questions live, with experts including Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Aleka Gürel from HealthSherpa. Joining us is special guest Lizzie Presser from ProPublica to talk about the history of self-managed...

Care Talk - What is SSI, and SSDI? w/ Peter Grumbles, Law Offices of John Dunlap 12.07.2022 28:07

Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system? Welcome to Care Talk! We answer YOUR health insurance questions live, with experts including Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, and Aleka Gürel from HealthSherpa. Joining us is special guest Peter Grumbles from the Law Offices of John Dunlap to talk about SSI (Supplemental Security Income) and SSDI (Social Security Dis...

Care Talk - Health Insurance Premiums at Risk w/ Adam Hoyer, Protect Our Care 28.06.2022 29:03

Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system? Welcome to Care Talk! We answer YOUR health insurance questions live, with experts including Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Zoid Finch from HealthSherpa. Joining us is special guest Adam Hoyer from Protect Our Care, to talk about the impending threat to t...

Care Talk - Gun Violence and Health Care w/ Dr. Meena Bewtra, Doctors for America 14.06.2022 29:43

Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system? Welcome to Care Talk! We answer YOUR health insurance questions live, with experts including Laura Packard from Health Care Voices & Health Care Voter, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Zoid Finch from HealthSherpa. Joining us is special guest Dr. Meena Bewtra from Doctors for America, to tal...

Care Talk - Abortion and Health Care w/ Dr. Meena Bewtra, Doctors for America 07.06.2022 27:02

Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system? Welcome to Care Talk! We answer YOUR health insurance questions live, with experts including Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Aleka Gürel from HealthSherpa. Joining us is special guest Dr. Meena Bewtra from Doctors for America, to talk about abortion, repro...

Care Talk - America and the Global Pandemic w/ Keifer Buckingham, Open Society Foundations 03.05.2022 30:35

Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system? Welcome to Care Talk! We answer YOUR health insurance questions live, with experts including Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Zoid Finch from HealthSherpa. Joining us is special guest Keifer Buckingham of Open Society Foundations, to talk about the global r...

Care Talk - Health Care & Medical Debt w/ John McNamara, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 26.04.2022 29:34

Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system? Welcome to Care Talk! We answer YOUR health insurance questions live, with experts including Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Aleka Gürel from HealthSherpa. Joining us is special guest John McNamara from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), to talk...

Care Talk - Health Care and our Tax System w/ Maura Quint, Americans for Tax Fairness 19.04.2022 28:28

Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system? Welcome to Care Talk! We answer YOUR health insurance questions live, with experts including Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Zoid Finch from HealthSherpa. Joining us is special guest Maura Quint from Americans for Tax Fairness & Unrig Our Economy on Ta...

Care Talk - State-Based Public Options for Health Insurance w/ Liz Hagan, United States of Care 12.04.2022 31:20

Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system? Welcome to Care Talk! We answer YOUR health insurance questions live, with experts including Laura Packard from Health Care Voices & Health Care Voter, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Aleka Gürel from HealthSherpa. Joining us is special guest Liz Hagan from United States of Care to talk abo...

Care Talk - Health Care Around The World w/ T. R. Reid, author "The Healing of America" 05.04.2022 32:31

Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system? Welcome to Care Talk! We answer YOUR health insurance questions live, with experts including Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, and Zoid Finch from HealthSherpa. Joining us is special guest T. R. Reid, author of "The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care" to talk about w...

Care Talk - What to Do if You're Losing Health Insurance Through Medicaid w/ Natasha Murphy, Center for American Progress 29.03.2022 30:08

Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system? Welcome to Care Talk! We answer YOUR health insurance questions live, with experts including Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Aleka Gürel from HealthSherpa. Joining us is special guest Natasha Murphy from Center for American Progress to talk about the upcom...

Care Talk - Affordable Care Act 12th Anniversary w/ Anne Shoup, Protect Our Care 22.03.2022 31:18

Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system? Welcome to Care Talk! We answer YOUR health insurance questions live, with experts including Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Zoid Finch from HealthSherpa. Joining us is special guest Anne Shoup from Protect Our Care to talk about twelve years of the Afford...

Care Talk - What Children with Complex Medical Conditions & Disabilities Face w/ Little Lobbyists 15.03.2022 35:12

Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system? Welcome to Care Talk! We answer YOUR health insurance questions live, with experts including Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Aleka Gürel from HealthSherpa. Joining us are special guests from Little Lobbyists to talk about Medicaid, home & community bas...

Care Talk - Biden's State of the Union and Plans to Improve Health Care w/ Adam Hoyer, Protect Our Care 08.03.2022 29:15

Welcome to Care Talk! We answer your health insurance questions live with Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, Aleka Gürel from HealthSherpa. Special guest Adam Hoyer from Protect Our Care to talk about President Biden’s State of the Union speech and what the administration plans to do this year to improve our health care in America. CALL/...

Care Talk - How to Fight Outrageous Medical Bills w/ Adam Fox, Colorado Consumer Health Initiative (CCHI) 02.03.2022 29:47

Welcome to Care Talk! We answer your health insurance questions live with Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Zoid Finch from HealthSherpa. Special guest Adam Fox from Colorado Consumer Health Initiative (CCHI) talks about how to fight outrageous medical bills. CALL/TEXT IN YOUR QUESTIONS ‪(202) 838-6837‬

Care Talk - All the Pieces of Our Health Care System w/ Wendell Potter 16.02.2022 29:41

Welcome to Care Talk! We answer your health insurance questions live with Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, and Aleka Gürel from HealthSherpa. Special guest former industry exec Wendell Potter from the Center for Health & Democracy and author of "Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans" talks about all...

Care Talk - The E.R. versus Urgent Care w/ Dr. Cedric Dark, Doctors for America 09.02.2022 28:20

Welcome to Care Talk! We answer your health insurance questions live with Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Zoid Finch from HealthSherpa. Special guest Dr. Cedric Dark from Doctors for America discusses when to go to Urgent Care versus the Emergency Room. CALL/TEXT IN YOUR QUESTIONS ‪(202) 838-6837‬

Care Talk - Answering Your COVID Questions w/ Dr. Meena Bewtra, Doctors for America 01.02.2022 27:17

Welcome to Care Talk! We answer your health insurance questions live with Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, and Aleka Gürel from HealthSherpa. Special guest Dr. Meena Bewtra from Doctors for America answers your COVID-19 novel coronavirus questions. CALL/TEXT IN YOUR QUESTIONS ‪(202) 838-6837‬

Care Talk - Health Disparities in American Health Care w/ Dr. Sanjeev Sriram (Dr. America) 25.01.2022 28:33

Welcome to Care Talk! We answer your health insurance questions live with Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Zoid Finch from HealthSherpa. Special guest Dr. Sanjeev Sriram aka Doctor America talks about health disparities in the American health care system, and what we can do about it. CALL/TEXT IN YOUR QUESTIONS ‪(202) 838-6837‬