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Health Care Voices
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Non-profit organizing adults with serious medical conditions and health care activists across the country for affordable comprehensive health care, fighting the high cost of care in America, and making our health care system work better for all.
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Health Care Voices @healthcarevoices.org · Dec 20
With your help, Health Care Voices been able to do incredible things. We're growing an online movement of storytellers to defend our health care and EXPAND it. Since we don't take money from Big Pharma or Big Insurance, we rely on tax-deductible contributions from grassroots donors like you.
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“This is a great victory for patients in Colorado, because what good are medications to patients if we can’t afford to access them?”-me
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Jesse Aaron Paul @jesseapaul.bsky.social · 1d
Colorado just became the first state to cap the price of a prescription drug. What comes next is uncertain. coloradosun.com/2025/10/07/p... #copolitics #coleg
Colorado just became the first state to cap the price of a prescription drug. What comes next is uncertain.
The Colorado Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board imposed a first-in-the-nation price cap on the drug Enbrel, starting in 2017.
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Health Care Voices @healthcarevoices.org · 15h
The White House canceled millions of dollars in food research funding.
Trump cancels food research funding popular with Republicans
Budget chief Russ Vought proposed cutting $72 million for universities after promising lawmakers the funding would remain untouched.
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Laura Packard @laurapackard.com · 1d
Virginians need and deserve lower drug prices now. And next year could be our chance for change.
My latest, for @vadogwoodnews.bsky.social.
OPINION: Virginia needs lower drug prices now
As a Virginian and a cancer survivor, lowering the cost of prescription drugs is deeply personal to me. While going through treatment, I nearly died without a pricey medication that my insurance wouldn’t cover. I spent a week in the hospital recovering.
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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 1d
New #CareTalk⚕️with @laurapackard.com of @healthcarevoices.org #MSWMedia

Guest: Laura Rodriguez of
@americanprogress.bsky.social

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Health Care Voices @healthcarevoices.org · 1d
Will the White House drug-pricing deal lower costs for Americans? Experts are skeptical.
Will the White House drug-pricing deal lower costs for Americans? Experts are skeptical
Will the White House drug-pricing deal lower costs for Americans? Experts are skeptical.
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Laura Packard @laurapackard.com · 2d
On #CareTalk live Laura Rodriguez @americanprogress.bsky.social talks about government shutdown w/ me @healthcarevoices.org @mswmedia.com & Diane @socialsecurityworks.org @louisenorris.bsky.social @healthinsuranceorg.bsky.social answer your health ins q’s
The Government Shut Down. Now What? #CareTalk
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Laura Packard @laurapackard.com · 3d
So our government did shut down. Now what? 
Learn more from my conversation with @shoupshouts.bsky.social @protectourcare.org⁩: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyFP... 
What Really Happens When The Government Shuts Down?
So our government did shut down. Now what? Learn more from my conversation with Anne Shoup @ProtectOurCare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyFPvV1BxxY #governmentshutdown #healthcare #healthinsurance
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Health Care Voices @healthcarevoices.org · 3d
North Carolina and Idaho are cutting their Medicaid programs now, even before the federal budget Medicaid cuts take effect.
States Are Cutting Medicaid Provider Payments Long Before Trump Cuts Hit - KFF Health News
North Carolina and Idaho are cutting their Medicaid programs to bridge budget gaps, raising fears that providers will stop taking patients and that hospitals will close even before the brunt of a new federal tax-and-budget law takes effect.
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Health Care Voices @healthcarevoices.org · 4d
Deborah Buttgereit knew piecing together the broken bone in her elbow would be expensive. But complications the doctor deemed a surprise, midsurgery, drove the total bill tens of thousands of dollars above the original estimate.
She Had a Broken Arm, No Insurance — And a $97,000 Bill - KFF Health News
Deborah Buttgereit knew piecing together the broken bone in her elbow would be expensive. But complications the doctor deemed a surprise, midsurgery, drove the total bill tens of thousands of dollars above the original estimate.
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Voices of Health Care Action @voicesofhealthcare.org · 5d
Great news! Colorado’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board is the first state in the nation to limit the cost of expensive prescription medications for patients, starting w/ Enbrel. #LowerDrugPricesNow
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BREAKING: Colorado LEADS nation in lowering cost of medicine WHY IT MATTERS: CO's Rx Affordability Board is the first in the nation to set a limit on the cost of expensive prescription medications. THANK YOU! Thanks to the Board and state leaders, Enbrel will cost less and save Coloradans money on health care
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Health Care Voices @healthcarevoices.org · 5d
Hospitals get fined for reporting too many infections. In some cases, their solution is not to test.
Hospitals get dinged for reporting too many infections. In some cases, the solution is not to test
A STAT Investigation: To avoid fines for reporting excessive hospital-acquired infections, some facilities are discouraging testing.
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Laura Packard @laurapackard.com · 6d
Health insurance open enrollment is coming soon, for Medicare, Affordable Care Act, and private insurance. This means it's time to choose your coverage for next year. Pay attention to the changes in your policy, because it could cost you.

Learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpBG...
Big Changes Coming to Health Insurance in 2025!
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Health Care Voices @healthcarevoices.org · 6d
Psychiatric hospitals turn away patients who need urgent care. The facilities face few consequences.
Psychiatric Hospitals Turn Away Patients Who Need Urgent Care. The Facilities Face Few Consequences.
Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal. But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up.
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Health Care Voices @healthcarevoices.org · 7d
The wellness industry needs to stop scaring people. It’s time for more hopeful language around healing.
The wellness industry needs to stop scaring people
Wellness has a nocebo problem, as this psychiatrist experienced firsthand.
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Health Care Voices @healthcarevoices.org · 8d
When some people lose health insurance, it impacts everyone, increasing all of our costs and shutting hospitals down which limits access.

Learn more from @louisenorris.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpBG...
How Losing Coverage Affects Everyone!
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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 8d
New #CareTalk⚕️with @laurapackard.com of @healthcarevoices.org #MSWMedia

Guest: @shoupshouts.bsky.social

Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...
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Laura Packard @laurapackard.com · 9d
On #CareTalk live @shoupshouts.bsky.social @protectourcare.org talks about government shutdown w/ me @healthcarevoices.org @mswmedia.com & Diane @socialsecurityworks.org @louisenorris.bsky.social @healthinsuranceorg.bsky.social answer your health ins q’s
Will Our Government Shut Down? #CareTalk
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Health Care Voices @healthcarevoices.org · 13d
Montana has a waitlist for people with disabilities who need vocational training, even as schools and disability advocates are concerned about how federal cuts will affect those programs.
Montana Advocates Worry About Federal Impacts on Support for Students With Disabilities - KFF Health News
Montana has a waitlist for people with disabilities who need vocational training, even as schools and disability advocates are concerned about how federal cuts will affect those programs.
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Health Care Voices @healthcarevoices.org · 14d
Health care cuts from the big budget bill threaten homegrown solutions to rural doctor shortages. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Health Care Cuts Threaten Homegrown Solutions to Rural Doctor Shortages - KFF Health News
In a rural, largely Republican region of California, homegrown efforts to bolster the medical workforce face an uphill battle, in part because of federal health care cuts approved by the GOP Congress and signed by President Donald Trump in July, as well as a state budget deficit.
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Health Care Voices @healthcarevoices.org · 16d
The Georgia Medicaid program spent much more on administrative costs than on providing health care. And this is the model for the rest of the country?
Federal watchdog report on Georgia's Medicaid program raises concerns about administrative costs
A government watchdog has raised concerns about high administrative costs in Georgia's Medicaid program. The U.S.
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Health Care Voices @healthcarevoices.org · 19d
Some independent and rural hospitals are collaborating with their neighbors to shore up their finances instead of joining larger health systems to stay afloat.
Instead of Selling, Some Rural Hospitals Band Together To Survive - KFF Health News
Independent and rural hospitals are collaborating with their neighbors to shore up their finances instead of joining larger health systems to stay afloat.
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Laura Packard @laurapackard.com · 20d
How does privatizing the healthcare system extend to our veterans?
More from @muellershewrote.com @dailybeanspod.com @mswmedia.com: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpBG...
Is Privatizing Healthcare Hurting Veterans?
How does privatizing the healthcare system extend to our veterans? More from Dr. Allison Gill @MSWMediaPods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpBGBtXWZ_g #veterans #veteranshealth #privatization
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Health Care Voices @healthcarevoices.org · 20d
As extremism and radicalization worsen in the United States, a group of researchers is trying out a new approach that addresses the issue as a public health problem.
Researchers Shift Tactics To Tackle Extremism as Public Health Threat - KFF Health News
As extremism and radicalization worsen in the United States, a group of researchers is trying out a new approach that addresses the issue as a public health problem.
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Health Care Voices @healthcarevoices.org · 21d
Traditional Medicare will require prior approval for some procedures in some states, as a trial project.
Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures
A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying and denying medical care.
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Health Care Voices @healthcarevoices.org · 22d
Vaccines, like all interventions in medicine, come with some risks, but their benefits far outweigh those risks. Public health is a victim of its own success, making people forget the importance of vaccination.
Watch @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social explain: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHhq...
What Happens If We Stop Vaccinating?
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