{"podcast":{"title":"Care Talk with Laura Packard: American Health Care Explained","slug":"care-talk-with-laura-packard-american-health-care-explained-6733935","podcast_index_feed_id":6733935,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/f4520de0-f5b9-4ba9-b510-a517553cf327","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/care-talk-with-laura-packard","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2025/3/6/21/1b20a5ec-5f79-4214-adfb-8342e70642bf_89-432b-ac37-0896c9280205_caretalk_podcast_art.jpg","author":"Laura Packard","episode_count":132,"summary":"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. CALL/TEXT IN YOUR QUESTIONS FOR FUTURE EPISODES ‪(202) 838-6837‬.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T22:17:30.277798+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/care-talk-with-laura-packard-american-health-care-explained-6733935"},"episode":{"title":"The Government Shut Down. Now What? w/ Laura Rodriguez, Center for American Progress","slug":"the-government-shut-down-now-what-w-laura-rodriguez-center-for-american-progress","published_at":"2025-10-07T10:00:29+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/care-talk-with-laura-packard-american-health-care-explained-6733935/the-government-shut-down-now-what-w-laura-rodriguez-center-for-american-progress","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/care-talk-with-laura-packard-american-health-care-explained-6733935","url":"https://healthcarevoices.org/caretalk","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/49f69812-5096-46bb-897c-49e933e57dbd/stream.mp3","summary":"Because there is no agreement on government funding, the American government has shut down. How will this affect our care? What happens next? Our guest Laura Rodriguez of Center for American Progress is here to discuss in this #CareTalk episode with show host, cancer survivor, and health care advocate with show host & cancer survivor Laura Packard from Health Care Voices . Plus Louise Norris from healthinsurance.org and Diane Archer of Just Care and Social Security Works answer your American health insurance and health care questions on Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, private insurance and more. This episode includes more on President Trump's drug pricing deal with Pfizer, what is the subsidy cliff on Affordable Care Act plans, and what to do if your Medicare B premium is high and your income is low. 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!","meta_description":"Because there is no agreement on government funding, the American government has shut down. How will this affect our care? What happens next? Our guest La…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1864,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/care-talk-with-laura-packard-american-health-care-explained-6733935/episodes/the-government-shut-down-now-what-w-laura-rodriguez-center-for-american-progress/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/care-talk-with-laura-packard-american-health-care-explained-6733935/the-government-shut-down-now-what-w-laura-rodriguez-center-for-american-progress.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}