Health Mar 20 Why Long-Term Care for U.S. Seniors is Headed for ‘Crisis’ Photo by John Moore/Getty Images The roller coaster often starts in the middle of the night with a long-distance phone call. "Miss Bowser," the caller begins tentatively. "It's about your Mother." And that's how my chaotic ride through the…
Health Aug 22 As Whooping Cough Rebounds in U.S., Infants at Greatest Risk As the worst whooping cough outbreak in more than half a century grips the U.S., health officials are saying that most adults and teens are woefully under-vaccinated. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowers explores what's behind the resurgence and its potential…
Health Jul 05 Could Current Medicaid Recipients Lose Coverage From Supreme Court Ruling? Tonight on the PBS NewsHour, our Health Unit takes a look at what's becoming a controversial part of the federal health care reform law: the expansion of Medicaid to cover up to 17 million uninsured adults. While the individual mandate…
Health Jul 02 In Wake of Health Reform Decision, Medicaid Expansion in the Crosshairs To hear some health officials tell it, they thought they had won the lottery back in 2010 when the Affordable Care Act was signed. Not only did it provide a mechanism for states to get more Americans to buy health…
Health Jun 27 Of Health Care, Haircuts and Broccoli It was just a routine haircut. But before it was over, I found myself engaged in a donnybrook with a beauty salon of women from both the left and right in their political thinking, all preaching to each other about…
Health Jun 08 Health Care Reform: The Comic Book // When you think about what makes for good material for comic books and graphic novels, the much-debated and heavily-contested federal health reform law is not necessarily the subject matter you would think of. And Jonathan Gruber, an economist and…
Health Nov 23 Why Medicare Chief Don Berwick Was Destined to Step Down Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images Dr. Donald Berwick, the man who has been both praised and reviled as the country's Medicare chief, will step down on Dec. 2. The White House announced that Marilyn Tavenner, Berwick's principal…
Health Jul 11 New Rules Unveiled for Health Care Exchanges // Saying "flexibility is the name of the game," Department of Health and Human Services officials unveiled a broad framework for states to follow as they build their health insurance exchanges under the health reform law. The new regulations…
Health Jul 11 Record Drought Threatens Millions in Eastern Africa More than 10 million people are desperately in need of food assistance in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya, the World Food Program estimated this week, as the worst drought in 60 years continues to ravage eastern Africa. The situation in Somalia…
Health May 24 Political Debate Over Accountable Care Organizations Heats Up Ever since the federal government rolled out its proposed rules for setting up Accountable Care Organizations in March, it's been one piece of bad news after another for the Obama administration. Now comes another blow on the political…