Jul 05 Watch Arguments Brew at State Level Over Medicaid Expansion Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser takes a closer look at the arguments over Medicaid expansion and the states that want to opt out rather than take federal money. Continue watching
Jul 05 Could Current Medicaid Recipients Lose Coverage From Supreme Court Ruling? By Betty Ann Bowser 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… Continue reading
Jul 05 How the Medicaid Expansion Could Impact Your State By Jason Kane It was a seemingly simple concept. The United States would inch closer to universal health care by expanding the Medicaid program to about 17 million low-income people. The federal government would pick up 100 percent of the tab for the… Continue reading
Jul 05 Why a U.S. Circumcision Push Failed in Swaziland In the country with the highest HIV infection rate in the world, a U.S. effort to circumcise 80 percent of all men aged 15 to 49 in a year ended with roughly a quarter undergoing the procedure. What went wrong?… Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch Now Approved By FDA, At-Home Testing for HIV Virus May Save Lives Now Approved By FDA, At-Home Testing for HIV Virus May Save Lives… Continue watching
Jul 03 Watch How Will the Health Care Law Work? Americans Ask, We Answer Susan Dentzer of the journal Health Affairs answers specific questions about the health care law from Americans visiting the National Mall. Among the questions, what will the law mean for small businesses, how soon can someone with pre-existing conditions buy… Continue watching
Jul 03 Health Reform Views: Most Ordinary Americans Not Budging By Jason Kane Tea Party activist William Temple protests in front of he U.S. Supreme Court on the day the health care reform ruling was handed down, upholding the law. Read his opinions here and those of other Americans below. Word has… Continue reading
Jul 02 In Wake of Health Reform Decision, Medicaid Expansion in the Crosshairs By Betty Ann Bowser 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… Continue reading
Jul 02 Supreme Court's Health Care Ruling Dominates Debate, Shapes Election Susan Clark of Venice, Calif., argues with another demonstrator outside the Supreme Court last week. Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images. Reports that Chief Justice John Roberts switched his vote to uphold President Obama's health care law aside, what… Continue reading
Jun 29 Supreme Court Ruling Moves to Campaign Trail By Christina Bellantoni Mitt Romney speaks in response to the Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. "It should be pretty clear by now that I didn't do this because it was good politics," President Obama said… Continue reading