Health Jun 20 Can helping high-risk patients with basic needs reduce costly care in rural areas? While lawmakers spar over the future of health care, pilot projects on the ground are focusing on how to improve the lives of low-income patients. Special correspondent Jackie Judd reports on one such program in Montana, where health care players…
Health Mar 27 How healthy are the Affordable Care Act marketplaces? The Affordable Care Act withstood a Republican effort to "repeal and replace," but there are problems with the current law that lawmakers acknowledge need to be addressed. We meet a few Americans who have concerns about Obamacare. Then Mary Agnes…
Politics Mar 23 How GOP health bill could dramatically change lives of small business employees, Medicaid recipients How will the Republican health care plan affect insurance coverage and costs if the Affordable Care Act replacement becomes law? We share stories of Americans likely to be affected, including a small business owner and her employees, and an unemployed…
Health Mar 23 Did Obamacare help or hurt you? The PBS NewsHour asked people if they were concerned or encouraged by possible, future changes to the Affordable Care Act. More than 1,000 people responded from across the country -- from Maine to Missouri and California.
Health Jan 17 A way to save money when half of all health costs is spent on a fraction of patients Health care “super-utilizers” make up just 5 percent of the U.S. population but they account for 50 percent of health care spending. As health care costs continue to rise, providers are trying to figure out how to find these patients…
Health Nov 04 Gaping, painful holes remain in U.S. health care despite coverage gains Dire dental problems and other health issues keep the nonprofit Remote Area Medical busy running free clinics, particularly in states that didn't expand Medicaid. Even after Obamacare, large coverage gaps still exist in the nation's health care system. Special correspondent…
Health Oct 17 Can ordinary citizens help fill gaps in U.S. health care? In the midst of radical changes in health care policy, some U.S. providers are looking to an unlikely model: Sub-Saharan Africa, where ordinary citizens are trained as medical support for their communities. In the U.S., City Health Works is following…
Health Jul 21 How South Africa, the nation hardest-hit by HIV, plans to ‘end AIDS’ Nearly one in five people infected with HIV globally lives in South Africa, and only half of those individuals are on treatment. But the nation has made major strides against the virus in recent years and now is aggressively moving…