Can MediKids Fix America's Child Healthcare Crisis? w/ Dr. Tracy Tyson

Millions of American kids are losing health coverage. Could universal Medicaid for kids fix it?

On this Care Talk, Dr. Tracy Tyson joins host Laura Packard to talk about about children's health care in America: how Medicaid and CHIP work today, what's driving the rise in uninsured kids, how the One Big Beautiful Bill's Medicaid cuts could affect children, and Senator Andy Kim's bold new MediKids proposal for universal healthcare coverage from birth to age 26.

Also Louise Norris of healthinsurance.org and Rachel Madley of Center for Health & Democracy answer your health insurance questions on the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance and more.

Topics include more about upcoming Medicare open enrollment which begins October 15, what to do when giving birth at a specialty hospital out-of-network, what happens if Medicare pays doctors a lower rate in 2027, when a doctor's office advises you to get preventative care treatments does that mean insurance will cover, and more about Affordable Care Act open enrollment beginning November 1.

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Laura Packard is a stage 4 cancer survivor, health care advocate, and host of Care Talk. Founder of Health Care Voices and Voices of Health Care Action.