Care Talk with Laura Packard

Care Talk with Laura Packard

CareTalk is a people-focused weekly call-in show and podcast to help you navigate America's health insurance and health care systems. Our experts answer your questions on Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, private insurance, and more. We help you work through our broken health care system in the United States, and talk about larger health care issues and reforms from how to fight medical bills to lowering the cost of medical care. CALL/TEXT IN YOUR QUESTIONS FOR FUTURE EPISODES ‪(202) 838-6837‬.

Episodes

March 21, 2023 27 min
Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system in general? Welcome to Care Talk. We answer YOUR health care & health insurance questions live, with experts including stage 4 cancer survivor and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Zoid Finch from Health Sherpa. Special guest Natasha Murphy, director of Health Policy at Center...
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Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system in general? Welcome to Care Talk. We answer YOUR health care & health insurance questions live, with experts including stage 4 cancer survivor and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Zoid Finch from Health Sherpa. Special guest Jerry Ashton, co-founder of the non-profit RIP Medi...
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March 7, 2023 38 min
Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system in general? Welcome to Care Talk. We answer YOUR health care & health insurance questions live, with experts including stage 4 cancer survivor and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, and Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works. Special guest Marshall Allen, author of the book “Never Pay the First Bill”, discusses how you c...
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February 28, 2023 29 min
Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system in general? Welcome to Care Talk. We answer YOUR health care & health insurance questions live, with experts including stage 4 cancer survivor and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, and Zoid Finch from Health Sherpa. Special guest Dr. Shetal Shah from Doctors for America, practicing neonatologist and researcher, talks about the decli...
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February 14, 2023 30 min
Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system in general? Welcome to Care Talk. We answer YOUR health care & health insurance questions live, with experts including stage 4 cancer survivor and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Aleka Gürel from Health Sherpa. Special guest Anne Shoup from Protect Our Care discusses the Sta...
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February 7, 2023 32 min
Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system in general? Welcome to Care Talk. We answer YOUR health care & health insurance questions live, with experts including stage 4 cancer survivor and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, and Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works. Special guest Patricia Kelmar from PIRG talks about surprise medical billing and ambulance surpr...
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Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system in general? Welcome to Care Talk. We answer YOUR health care & health insurance questions live, with experts including stage 4 cancer survivor and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Zoid Finch from HealthSherpa. Special guest Mia Ives-Rublee from Center for American Progress ta...
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January 24, 2023 29 min
Got questions about your health insurance, or America’s health care system in general? Welcome to Care Talk. We answer YOUR health care & health insurance questions live, with experts including stage 4 cancer survivor and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works, and Aleka Gürel from HealthSherpa. Special guest Dr. Meghan O’Connell from Doctors for America talks...
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Last chance for open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act - deadline is January 15! Got questions about Medicare or Affordable Care Act Obamacare, or America’s health care system in general? Welcome to Care Talk. We answer YOUR health care & health insurance questions live, with experts including stage 4 cancer survivor and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices & Health Care Voter, Diane Archer from Just Care...
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Open enrollment for Affordable Care Act health insurance continues through January 15! There’s still time to get covered with affordable insurance for next year. Got questions about Medicare or Affordable Care Act Obamacare, or America’s health care system in general? Welcome to Care Talk. We answer YOUR health care & health insurance questions live, with experts including stage 4 cancer survivor and health care advocate Laura Pack...
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Open enrollment for Affordable Care Act health insurance continues! It’s time to get covered with affordable insurance for next year. Got questions about Medicare or Affordable Care Act Obamacare, or America’s health care system in general? Welcome to Care Talk. We answer YOUR health care & health insurance questions live, with experts including stage 4 cancer survivor and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices ...
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Open enrollment for Medicare and Affordable Care Act health insurance continues! It’s time to get covered with affordable insurance for next year. Got questions about your Medicare or Affordable Care Act Obamacare options, or America’s health care system in general? Welcome to Care Talk. We answer YOUR questions live, with experts including stage 4 cancer survivor and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices & Hea...
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Open enrollment for Medicare and Affordable Care Act health insurance is back! It’s time to get covered with affordable insurance for next year. Got questions about your Medicare or Affordable Care Act Obamacare options, or America’s health care system in general? Welcome to Care Talk. We answer YOUR questions live, with experts including stage 4 cancer survivor and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices & Healt...
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Open enrollment continues! It’s time to get covered with affordable health insurance for next year. Got questions about your Medicare or Affordable Care Act Obamacare options, or America’s health care system in general? Welcome to CareTalk. 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 Fin...
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Open enrollment is back! It’s time to get covered with affordable health insurance for next year. Got questions about your Medicare or Affordable Care Act Obamacare options, or America’s health care system in general? Welcome to CareTalk. 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...
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September 27, 2022 29 min
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 Anne Shoup from Protect Our Care, who will talk about the Inflation Reduction Act’s measures to drive down health care cos...
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September 20, 2022 30 min
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. Meena Bewtra from Doctors for America, who will talk about COVID boosters and the state of the pandemic. CALL/TEXT IN ...
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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 Margarida Jorge of Health Care For America NOW, who will talk about the fight to lower pres...
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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 can do about it. CALL/TEXT IN YOUR QUE...
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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 Dr. Eric Sullivan of Doctors for America, who will talk about what to do if you or a loved ...
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