# RFK Jr's First Year: The Damage Report w/ Rebecca Parks, Protect Our Care

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Podcast: [Care Talk with Laura Packard: American Health Care Explained](https://stenobird.com/podcast/care-talk-with-laura-packard-american-health-care-explained-6733935)
Published: 2026-02-10T11:00:07+00:00
Episode link: https://healthcarevoices.org/caretalk
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## Resource

One year later, how has Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. affected our public health? Rebecca Parks from Protect Our Care talks about it in this #CareTalk episode with show host, cancer survivor, and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices . Plus Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works and Louise Norris from healthinsurance.org answer your American health insurance and health care questions on Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, private insurance and more. This episode has an update on Affordable Care Act marketplace subsidies, what to do if you can't afford Medicare, and how/whether birth control is covered by insurance. New episodes of Care Talk every Tuesday, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Text or call in your health insurance and health care questions in to (202) 838-6837 to get answers in future shows!

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