Apr 16 Roommate wanted: Must be clean, courteous and over 65 By Margaret Myers Bonnie Moore was worried about losing her five-bedroom home in Bowie, Maryland, when she and her husband divorced at the height of the recession. So the 69-year-old decided to make lemonade out of her sour situation and began advertising for… Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch Foster families find and share support with elders at Oregon housing community By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 14 Affordable Care Act will cost less than expected, CBO reports By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A new government report says the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance subsidies will cost a little less than previously thought. The Congressional Budget Office predicts that health insurance subsidies under so-called “Obamacare” will total a little more than… Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch Nurses help addicts inject heroin at controversial clinic battling H.I.V. By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 11 Texas doctors offer care for cash to avoid cost of filing insurance claims By Alexa Ura LAREDO — For 12 hours a day, the waiting room at Dr. Gustavo Villarreal’s family practice is often packed with patients, people who will pay a flat $50 fee for the convenience — or necessity — of a walk-in, quick-turn… Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch Obama names budget chief his choice of successor for Sebelius By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 11 Obama names budget chief his choice of successor for Sebelius By News Desk and Associated Press Updated | 11:15 a.m. EDT: President Barack Obama praised outgoing Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for helping to steer his health care law's comeback after a rocky rollout, even as he nominated a successor aimed at helping… Continue reading
Apr 10 Medicare officials hope release of data will help identify waste and combat fraud By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News Medicare’s release Wednesday of millions of records of payments made to the nation’s doctors comes as the government is looking to find more cost-efficient ways to pay physicians, particularly specialists. Continue reading
Apr 10 7.5 million Americans have signed up for health care, Sebelius says By Joshua Barajas Health and Human Service Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that 7.5 million Americans have signed up for health insurance through exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act. Continue reading