Sep 17 Military Not Doing Enough to Curb Alcohol, Drug Abuse, IOM Concludes It's been well-documented that the military has a significant problem with suicide, substance abuse and mental disorders in its ranks. Just this summer, the Pentagon reported an 18 percent increase in suicide cases alone in just one year. In… Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch Medicare Patients Aren't Getting Sicker or Older, But Doctors Are Charging More Medicare Patients Aren't Getting Sicker or Older, But Doctors Are Charging More… Continue watching
Sep 14 What Would the Automatic Budget Cuts Mean for Medicare? Medicare providers would see reductions of about $11 billion beginning in January as part of a series of automatic spending cuts set to begin next year unless Congress acts to halt them, according to estimates released Friday by the… Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch Judy Woodruff Talks to Charles Scoville About Public Service Judy Woodruff Talks to Charles Scoville About Public Service… Continue watching
Sep 13 A Million Dollars for an Extra Year of Life? 'It's my tax dollars!' Tracy Morgan with her husband Mark before he died of brain cancer in 2011. Paul Solman answers questions from the NewsHour audience on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here is Thursday's query: Name: Nancy… Continue reading
Sep 12 More Americans Insured: What's Behind the Numbers? By Jason Kane For the first time in four years, the number of Americans without health insurance dropped in 2011. According to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau, about 48.6 million people were uninsured last year, down from… Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch Making Sen$e of Health Care: Competing Claims on Campaign Trail About Reform Making Sen$e of Health Care: Competing Claims on Campaign Trail About Reform… Continue watching
Sep 11 Health Premiums Rising More Slowly in Sluggish Economy, Study Finds By Julie Appleby Health insurance premiums rose 4 percent for family coverage this year, well below last year's increase and half the 8 percent average of the previous decade -- largely because people used less health care in an uncertain economy. Family… Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch From the Halls of Worrall Elementary School, News by Students with Asperger's News has an agenda at Worrall Elementary School in Broomall, Pa., where students with Asperger's syndrome 'go live' in their own broadcast each year. Their teachers say it's one of the best ways for students to learn to speak clearly,… Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch Clinton, Warren Rev Up DNC Crowd for Main Event: Obama to Take Stage Clinton, Warren Rev Up DNC Crowd for Main Event: Obama to Take Stage… Continue watching