Health Jun 28 Health Reform Brings Heavy Fines for Hospitals With High Readmissions Should hospitals be held accountable for what happens to patients once they're discharged? A new policy under the Affordable Care Act says yes. Photos by Jim Petit. The federal government began fining hospitals based on how many Medicare patients were…
Health Jun 13 Share Your Thoughts: Supreme Court Rules Natural DNA Can’t Be Patented Photo courtesy of Flickr user dullhunk/ Alex Bateman at the Sanger Institute. Can someone else patent your genes? No, according to a closely watched ruling from the U.S. Supreme court Thursday morning. The Court http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-398_8njq.pdf">ruled partially for…
Health Mar 22 Should You Have to Buy Health Insurance? 2 Attorneys General Debate Attorneys general Ken Cuccinelli of Virginia and Martha Coakley of Massachusetts Next week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether the 2010 health reform law is constitutional. At the forefront will be the question of whether Congress has the…
Education Mar 21 From High School Dropout to Harvard University Graduate Student EmbedVideo(2941, 514, 320); Editor's Note: This profile is part of a PBS NewsHour series on the role of learning disabilities in America's dropout crisis. Stay tuned for more in the coming days, both on-air and online. Daniel…
Health Feb 10 After Uproar, Obama Revises Contraception Rule Under mounting pressure, the Obama administration today proposed an "accommodation" to a mandate that religious groups cover birth control free-of-charge. President Obama made the announcement this afternoon in the White House Press room. //…
Health Oct 28 Snapshot: A Day in Toksook Bay, Alaska "It's not the end of the world," David Lefner told us, "but you can see it from here." That was our greeting as we stepped off our flight in Bethel, Alaska. It was our last stop before boarding the…
Health Oct 27 Toksook Bay, Alaska A collection of photos from The NewsHour's trip to Toksook Bay in October, 2011.
Health May 19 Health Reform Pop Quiz! Can you tell the difference between the Massachusetts health reform law and the Affordable Care Act? A quiz from Politifact.com tests your knowledge of two major health reform policies: the 2006 plan passed by the…
Health May 10 Appeals Court Hears Virginia Health Care Reform Challenges Updated 5:30 p.m. ET | The federal appeals panel heard more than two hours of arguments Tuesday in the two Virginia lawsuits challenging the new health care reform law. The first case up was Liberty University's, argued by attorney Mathew…
Health May 04 House Votes to Cut Funding for State Health Insurance Exchanges House Republicans advanced their latest bill to dismantle the new health care law, with a Tuesday night vote to defund state health insurance exchanges. And while it's unlikely to pass the Senate any time soon, it's part of a…