http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/health/healthreform/Get the latest news on the debate over health care reform from the NewsHour's health unit.Online NewsHourGet the latest news on the debate over health care reform from the NewsHour's health unit.en-usCopyright 2009 MacNeil/Lehrer Productions. All Rights Reserved.Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:14:37 ESTTue, 24 Nov 2009 00:14:37 ESThttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/newshour/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/images/rss/promo_rss.jpg NoNews, NewsHour, Health care, Health insurance, Health care reform, Uninsured, Congress, Doctors, President Barack ObamaOnline NewsHouronlineda@newshour.orgOnline NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec09/healthcare_11-19.htmlThu, 19 Nov 2009 18:02:00 ESTThe Senate on Thursday inched closer to debating Majority Leader Harry Reid's $848 billion health care reform bill, despite stiff GOP resistance. After a report from NewsHour health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser, Susan Dentzer of the journal Health Affairs explains the details of the Senate bill.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/11/19/20091119_healthbill.mp311:26Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec09/orszag_11-10.htmlTue, 10 Nov 2009 18:31:00 ESTIn an interview with Judy Woodruff, Peter Orszag, director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget, outlines how health care reform will reduce medical costs.]]>In an interview with Judy Woodruff, Peter Orszag, director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget, outlines how health care reform will reduce medical costs.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/11/10/20091110_orzag.mp305:32Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec09/healthcare_11-09.htmlMon, 09 Nov 2009 18:13:00 ESTThe House approved its version of health care reform in a late-night Saturday vote this weekend, but the bill's prospects in the Senate remain unclear. Political analyst Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute discusses the road ahead for health care legislation.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/11/09/20091109_health.mp311:01Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec09/healthcare_11-05.htmlThu, 05 Nov 2009 18:02:00 ESTHouse Democrats' health care reform bill gained key endorsements from the country's largest seniors' group and doctors' group Thursday, while opponents rallied against the bill at the U.S. Capitol. NewsHour congressional correspondent Kwame Holman updates the day's news from Capitol Hill.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/11/05/20091105_healthcare.mp306:12Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec09/healthcare_10-29.htmlThu, 29 Oct 2009 11:10:00 ESTHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a health care reform bill Thursday that includes a version of the public option favored by her party's centrists, one in which the government would negotiate reimbursement rates with health care providers rather than use rates tied to Medicare. House Democratic leaders are aiming to bring the bill to the floor next week.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/10/29/20091029_reform.mp305:57Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec09/health_10-27.htmlTue, 27 Oct 2009 18:02:00 ESTFault lines spread through the U.S. Senate Tuesday over Majority Leader Harry Reid's decision to include a public option with an "opt-out" clause for states in the Senate's health care reform legislation. After an update of the day's news from health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser, congressional scholar Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute discusses the politics of the move.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/10/27/20091027_ornstein.mp311:49Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec09/antitrust_10-22.htmlThu, 22 Oct 2009 18:03:00 ESTPresident Obama and Democrats in Congress have been cranking up pressure on insurers in the past week, as the industry lobby has criticized the Senate Finance Committee’s health care reform plan. Ed Haislmaier of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, and Richard Kirsch, national campaign manager for the liberal group Health Care for America Now, give two views on the criticism of the insurance industry.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/10/22/20091022_insurance.mp312:55Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec09/rx_10-14.htmlWed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 ESTTop Senate Democrats and White House officials have turned their health reform efforts toward crafting a compromise package that can unite Democrats and avoid a GOP filibuster. Policy analysts examine the different ways a public option could take shape in Congress.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/10/14/20091014_healthcare.mp313:24Online NewsHourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec09/rahmemanuel_10-13.htmlTue, 13 Oct 2009 20:24:00 ESTIn an interview with Judy Woodruff, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel discusses the Senate Finance Committee's passage of a health reform bill, the future for the public option and more.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://newshour-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2009/10/13/20091013_rahm.mp311:25