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Congress is back from their break this week, and their work resumes on the budget. What cuts are they looking at making to our health care, and why? On #CareTalk live, Bobby Kogan from Center for American Progress talks about the budget reconciliation process with show host, stage 4 cancer survivor and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices.

Also Louise Norris from healthinsurance.org, and Diane Archer from Just Care & Social Security Works answer your American health insurance and health care questions on Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, private insurance and more.

This episode includes more about the insurance company Aetna pulling out of the Affordable Care Act state marketplaces for next year, what to do when insurance doesn't cover your child's emergency air ambulance bill, what will happen to people in nursing homes if Medicaid is cut, and how to stop Congress from making these cuts to our health care.

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