Episode Details

The Trump budget megabill is law. Drastic cuts to Medicaid will affect everyone, whether you have Medicaid or not. In this #CareTalk episode, health care expert Dr. Eric Fethke from Doctors for America and The Pursuit of Health podcast tells us more about how it will change all of our health care with show host, cancer survivor, and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices.

Plus Louise Norris from healthinsurance.org and Diane Archer of Just Care answer your American health insurance and health care questions on Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, private insurance and more.

This episode includes more about how the Big Ugly Bill will affect prescription drug prices, Affordable Care Act enrollment changes and the lawsuit, prior authorization for traditional Medicare, will the Medicaid cuts have real impacts on patients, and what happened after Trump's executive order on drug prices.

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