Medical research under attack? w/ Dr. Meena Bewtra, Doctors for America
02/11/25 • 31 min
What’s going on with medical research in America? Grant funding through NIH and NSF was paused. What does this mean for medical breakthroughs and cures? Dr. Meena Bewtra of Doctors for America talks about the attacks on medical research funding in America, and abroad through the shutdown of U.S.A.I.D.
Plus experts including show host, stage 4 cancer survivor and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care and Social Security Works, and Louise Norris of healthinsurance.org answer your American health insurance and health care questions on Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, private insurance and more.
This episode includes explainers about what changes we could see in Medicare Advantage during the Trump administration, open enrollment for Medicare Advantage continues through March 31st, what to do when your insurer won't cover a full series of vaccines.
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What’s going on with medical research in America? Grant funding through NIH and NSF was paused. What does this mean for medical breakthroughs and cures? Dr. Meena Bewtra of Doctors for America talks about the attacks on medical research funding in America, and abroad through the shutdown of U.S.A.I.D.
Plus experts including show host, stage 4 cancer survivor and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care and Social Security Works, and Louise Norris of healthinsurance.org answer your American health insurance and health care questions on Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, private insurance and more.
This episode includes explainers about what changes we could see in Medicare Advantage during the Trump administration, open enrollment for Medicare Advantage continues through March 31st, what to do when your insurer won't cover a full series of vaccines.
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!
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/care-talk-with-laura-packard/exclusive-content
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