Health policy and health justice advocate, cancer survivor, founder @HealthCareVoice @VoiceHealthCare, Host #CareTalk, small biz owner @Power_Thru, she/her

Alexandria, VA
Joined March 2008
Today marks eight years in remission. Grateful every day.
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Laura Packard retweeted
Unearthed footage of Vivek Ramaswamy mocking Amy Acton for being a survivor of childhood abuse: "She has no vision other than to complain about what someone else did to her"
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The @ProtectOurCare #SickOfIt nationwide health care bus stops at the Madison Labor Temple in Wisconsin with @JoshCaulWI @mainstreetweets and friends. JOIN US LIVE at 2:30pm CT: facebook.com/ProtectOurCare/…
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🚨NEWS: Roger Marshall's top donor, 30-year business partner and good friend is Dan Tasset, a private equity mogul who has bankrupted hospitals nationwide. Marshall & his wife have invested in several funds from the PE firm, known as Nueterra. 🧵 prospect.org/2026/10/21/a-ma…
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The @ProtectOurCare #SickOfIt nationwide health care bus rolls into Oak Creek Wisconsin with @RepGwenMoore @MBermanWI @mainstreetweets and friends. JOIN US LIVE at 10:30am CT: facebook.com/ProtectOurCare/…
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Laura Packard retweeted
NEW: It turns out, Democrats for Mike Rogers was financed by Republican donors. The group also paid a ex-Dem council member 30k. She went on Fox News to tout Rogers/trash El-Sayed and never disclosed the payment. VIA @JoePerticone thebulwark.com/p/these-michi…
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Vivek Ramaswamy is not fit to lead. Watch our new ad.
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As one of the candidates featured in these polls - the infamous one in late June that showed me plummeting into single digits (which was at odds with our internals) - here's the impact of this "experiment" - Donations dried up - Volunteers were devastated and pleading for guidance on what to do - Reporters hounded me with calls to drop out Sure, a point was proven. Polling is broken. But tens of thousands of people poured their hearts, time, energy, hard-earned money into something they believed in - for a year-and-a-half, and it was treated like a game. Our volunteers gave their all. And then some. I felt like I had let so many of them down. To be extremely clear, Michigan Democrats are locked in to beat Mike Rogers. We WILL send @AbdulElSayed to the US Senate. But between crap like this, endless fundraising texts that drive supporters away with spammy fake deadlines and trash "match" claims, scam PACs run rampant for firms to grift without actually supporting candidates, undisclosed content creators pushing content out either misrepresenting themselves as residents of states they don't live in or hiding whether they were paid and by who so they could make a buck, and the tidal wave of dark money ads -- I hope Democrats are ready to blow up the system with campaign finance and transparency reforms. Trust is already at an all-time low. We don't get out of this mess without rebuilding trust. And media - who loves to ride the drama of a pollercoaster - needs to take a hard look at what's legitimate and what's not. If this teaches us anything - DON'T GET COMPLACENT AND DON'T TRUST THE POLLS. LOCK IN. SIGN UP FOR A CANVASSING SHIFT. LEAVE NOTHING TO CHANCE OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
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Laura Packard retweeted
Eric Pratt, the republican running for Angie Craig's open seat in MN-02, left the AI restating his prompt on his website. "The President is not popular, so all messaging should be focused on local politics and needs." lmfao
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Laura Packard retweeted
We save our Democracy though action. Voting early is the most important ACT in knowing our power and making our voice heard. Vote early, make a plan to volunteer and let's bring this victory home. And California — keep your voice! Vote NO on Prop 39! #ElectionHeroesVoteEarly
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Laura Packard retweeted
Registration forms don’t process themselves. Ballots don’t print themselves. Election office staff do that work, and deserve a thank-you. Happy Election Hero Day! Check your early voting options & remember your vote is your voice! #ElectionHeroesVoteEarly social.demcast.com/s/i8yD3Y3…
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Laura Packard retweeted
Pay no attention to the polls — they are no indicator of the outcome. Find your EARLY voting location, grab as many friends as you can, and go vote! #ElectionHeroesVoteEarly
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The @ProtectOurCare #SickOfIt nationwide health care bus rolls into Kalamazoo Michigan with @SenGaryPeters @SeanAMcCann @ctphealthcare and friends. JOIN US LIVE at 2pm ET: facebook.com/ProtectOurCare/…
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The @ProtectOurCare #SickOfIt nationwide health care bus rolls into Lansing Michigan with State Rep. Penelope Tsernoglou @seiuhcmi and friends. JOIN US LIVE at 10am ET: facebook.com/ProtectOurCare/…
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Laura Packard retweeted
Republican @DavidFlippoNV reported a maxxed out donation from a prominent Nevadan on his most recent campaign finance report for #NV02 The problem? She died in 2024. Just the latest scandal to hit Fraudster Flippo’s campaign ⬇️
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Laura Packard retweeted
Over 1.5 million pounds of meat and poultry products have been recalled after experiencing "temperature abuse during storage."
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The @ProtectOurCare #SickOfIt nationwide health care bus rolls into Flint Michigan with @RepKMR @seiuhcmi and friends. JOIN US LIVE at 2pm ET: facebook.com/ProtectOurCare/…
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The @ProtectOurCare #SickOfIt nationwide health care bus tour kicks off week 3 in Warren Michigan with @Hertelforsenate and friends. JOIN US LIVE at 10am ET: facebook.com/ProtectOurCare/…
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Laura Packard retweeted
The people of Michigan are drowning in the failed Republican economy. As a working-class mom of three, @cbhines586 is fighting to lower costs and ensure every family can afford to see a doctor when they need one. That’s how it should be in America.
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Laura Packard retweeted
A second year of double-digit percent rate increases, due to deliberate decisions by President Trump and Congress, after more than four years of single digit % hikes. ..with the end of enhanced tax credits, Americans' actual experience is seeing their premiums more than double.
Scoop: Healthcare.gov premiums for benchmark plans are set to rise 11% on average in 2027. It's the 2nd year in a row for double-digit spikes but not nearly as bad as last yr's 30%. Insurer participation is down 14%. washingtonsun.com/health/aca…
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