Over the weekend, 60 Senators voted to end the Federal Shutdown. What happens next? How might it impact healthcare? Margarida Jorge from Health Care for America Now 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 Rachel Madley from Center for Health & Democracy 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 Affordable Care Act open enrollment, the differences between deductibles, coinsurance, and maximum out of pocket amounts and how to find the best insurance plan for your circumstances, prior authorization in traditional Medicare, and Medicare open enrollment going on now.

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