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Laura Packard

@laurapackard.com

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Health policy and health justice advocate, cancer survivor & founder @healthcarevoices.org @voicesofhealthcare.org, progressive small biz owner PowerThru, host weekly streaming health care call-in show & podcast #CareTalk, she/her

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@aaronblack.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 6:02 PMReposted by @laurapackard.com

Speaker Johnson, who said he’d take a blow torch to your healthcare is saying if Republicans lose the House he will leave and start a lawn business. Next week I’m going to donate a wheelbarrow to him, so his staff can wheel him out of DC.

@protectourcare.orgOct 8, 2026, 8:31 PMReposted by @laurapackard.com

In 2017, @laurapackard.com arrived at her doctor’s office with a cough. She left with a cancer diagnosis. Seven months later, after aggressive chemotherapy and radiation treatment, Laura had beat cancer – but her fight was far from over.

This is her story.

@onenj7.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 4:29 PMReposted by @laurapackard.com

Health care workers, #NJ07 residents and Rebecca Bennett shared their concerns about runaway costs and federal funding cuts - and the need to fix our malfunctioning health care system.

@laurapackard.comOct 9, 2026, 2:02 PM

We finish the first week of the @protectourcare.org #SickOfIt nationwide health care bus tour in Westfield New Jersey with former U.S. Navy Lieutenant Rebecca Bennett @314action.bsky.social and friends.

WATCH US LIVE at 10:30am ET: www.facebook.com/ProtectOurCa...

Bus in Westfield New Jersey
@laurapackard.comOct 8, 2026, 6:08 PM

The @protectourcare.org #SickOfIt nationwide health care bus tour rolls into Bethlehem Pennsylvania with County Executive Tara Zrinski @seiuhcpa.org @actiontogethernepa.bsky.social and friends.

WATCH US LIVE at 2:30pm ET: www.facebook.com/ProtectOurCa...

Bus in BethlehemProtect Our Care bus
@laurapackard.comOct 8, 2026, 2:16 PM

Day 4 of the @protectourcare.org #SickOfIt nationwide health care bus tour begins in Scranton Pennsylvania with @paigecognetti.bsky.social @seiuhcpa.org @littlelobbyists.com and friends.

WATCH US LIVE at 10:30am ET: www.facebook.com/ProtectOurCa...

In Scranton PA
@bagleycartoons.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:45 AMReposted by @laurapackard.com

@laurapackard.comOct 7, 2026, 4:47 PM

Day 3 of the @protectourcare.org #SickOfIt nationwide health care bus tour, and we're in Harrisburg Pennsylvania with @lgaustindavis.bsky.social @pseaorg.bsky.social @seiuhcpa.org @littlelobbyists.com and friends.

WATCH US LIVE at 1pm ET: www.facebook.com/ProtectOurCa...

In Harrisburg
@laurapackard.comOct 6, 2026, 6:47 PM

The @protectourcare.org bus tour is on its way to Tarrytown New York! Rep. Mike Lawler has voted in lockstep with Trump to rip away health care from hard-working families, and New Yorkers are paying the price. #RepublicanHealthcareCrisis

WATCH LIVE 3pm ET: www.facebook.com/ProtectOurCa...

Protect Our Care bus
@laurapackard.comOct 6, 2026, 5:53 PM

"Most of the Medicaid cuts haven't even taken effect yet, but already my insurance premiums for the same exact insurance plan I had last year have gone up 21%. We are all facing less care, or no care at all. And we are sick of it"-me #RepublicanHealthCareCrisis
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@laurapackard.comOct 6, 2026, 5:16 PM

“These cuts affect everybody because it’s a health care system.. doctors and hospitals have to charge more to make up for the money they’re not getting.. pretty much everybody is facing higher health insurance premiums"-me #RepublicanHealthCareCrisis

@protectourcare.orgOct 6, 2026, 3:04 PMReposted by @laurapackard.com

Yesterday, we officially kicked off our 2026 #SickOfIt bus tour — a nationwide campaign to hold Republican lawmakers accountable for the damage they have done to our health care system.

“We are all facing less care or no care at all, and we are sick of it.” - @laurapackard.com

🚌💨

@laurapackard.comOct 6, 2026, 12:55 PM

Day 2 of the @protectourcare.org Sick Of It! nationwide health care bus tour kicks off in Concord New Hampshire, with @goodlander.house.gov and former New Hampshire Executive Councilor @cindewarmington.bsky.social.
WATCH US LIVE at 9am ET: www.facebook.com/ProtectOurCa...

At Concord
@laurapackard.comOct 5, 2026, 7:13 PM

The @protectourcare.org Sick Of It! nationwide health care bus tour is rolling into Rochester New Hampshire, with Councilor Karen Liot Hill and Cecil Abels III.

WATCH US LIVE at 3:30pm ET: www.facebook.com/ProtectOurCa...

@laurapackard.comOct 5, 2026, 1:46 PM

We're in Bangor Maine with State Auditor Matt Dunlap and State Rep. Ambureen Rana to kick off the @protectourcare.org Sick Of It! nationwide bus tour.

WATCH LIVE at 10am ET: www.facebook.com/ProtectOurCa...

@protectourcare.orgOct 5, 2026, 12:57 PMReposted by @laurapackard.com

🚍 TODAY: Our nationwide #SickOfIt! bus tour kicks off in Bangor, Maine with State Auditor Matt Dunlap, State Rep. Ambureen Rana, and @laurapackard.com.

Join us live @ 10am ET 📺 www.facebook.com/ProtectOurCa... #SickOfIt

@laurapackard.comOct 2, 2026, 8:33 PM

Going on the road with @protectourcare.org on a nationwide bus tour, starting next week!

Because we're sick of the attacks on our health care, and it's time to hold elected officials accountable for it.

Join us: www.sickofitcampaign.com#tour

I'm hitting the road with Protect Our Care and Care Force One on a nationwide bus tour.
@healthcarevoter.orgOct 2, 2026, 5:21 PMReposted by @laurapackard.com

#LetsGetVoteReady

If you want to be a #HealthCareVoter this fall, check your voter registration now at IWillVote.com

Health care should be affordable and accessible for all! Be a health care voter!
@networklobby.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 3:45 PMReposted by @laurapackard.com

🚨 TONIGHT 🚨  🌟 "Communities Over Billionaires" Virtual Town Hall  📅 TODAY, Oct. 1 | 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT  💻 Virtual — grab your phone or laptop and log on  Don't miss it. Register now — link in bio! 👉 

@healthcarevoices.orgOct 1, 2026, 3:29 PMReposted by @laurapackard.com

Could automatic health insurance coverage for every newborn become the new standard in America?

Dr. Tracy Tyson joins @laurapackard.com on #CareTalk to talk about MediKids, @kim.senate.gov's proposal to expand Medicaid for all children: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK3O...

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