Apr 27 Watch High-Deductible Plans a 'Quiet Revolution in Health Insurance' High-Deductible Plans a 'Quiet Revolution in Health Insurance'… Continue watching
Apr 27 Top 10 Things to Know About High-Deductible Health Plans High-deductible health care plans are no longer a novelty -- they are becoming mainstream. According to the industry trade group America's Health Insurance Plans, the number of people with this kind of coverage reached more than 11.4 million in January… Continue reading
Apr 27 Workers Putting 'More Skin' in the Health Care Game The name pretty much says it all: high-deductible health insurance plans. Higher deductibles, cheaper premiums. But if you think the surprises end there, brace yourself for one more: Proportionally, these plans are growing faster than any other type in… Continue reading
Apr 26 What Rare Mad Cow Case Means for U.S. Consumers Photo by Peter Cade via Getty Images For the first time in six years, a case of mad cow disease surfaced in the U.S. this week. But there's no need to fear the beef aisle. Why not? The… Continue reading
Apr 26 Millions Expected To Receive Insurance Rebates Totaling $1.3 Billion By Julie Appleby Millions of consumers and small businesses will receive an estimated $1.3 billion in rebates from their health plans this summer under a provision of the health care law that effectively limits what insurers can charge for administration and profits,… Continue reading
Apr 25 Watch Why Clean, Safe Water Is Still Out of Reach for Liberia Since 1980, Liberia has tackled a cycle of civil war, claiming over 200,000 lives while developing an impossible water crisis. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, correspondent Steve Sapienza and two local journalists unearth why the government… Continue watching
Apr 25 In Liberia, Political Battles Center on Water Access A vendor sells water in Monrovia, Liberia. Photo by Sumaya Agha. "Water! Water!" Eugene Seoh shouted from his three-story apartment building on Benson Street, a main avenue in the center of Liberia's capital, Monrovia. From across the road, water… Continue reading
Apr 23 Aging Population, Costs Worsen Medicare's Long-term Prognosis Photo by John Moore/Getty Images On the PBS NewsHour Monday night, Ray Suarez will examine the grim reports released Monday by the trustees of Social Security and Medicare. Joining him to discuss the outlook for the Social Security program… Continue reading
Apr 23 Health Reform on the Brink: Nervous in New Mexico By Jason Kane Editor's Note: This story is part of a series profiling the views of ordinary Americans and their experiences -- good, bad or indifferent -- with the health care reform law. To capture the essence of the opinions expressed, the stories… Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch VA Adds 1,600 Workers to Fix Backlog, but 'Always More We Can Do' VA Adds 1,600 Workers to Fix Backlog, but 'Always More We Can Do'… Continue watching