Dec 22 Senate Approves 9/11 First Responders Health Bill A group of 9/11 first responders at a 2007 news conference next to Ground Zero; Spencer Platt/Getty Images Updated 2:38 p.m. ET The Senate has passed a $4.2 billion aid package for 9/11 responders and survivors. It's a smaller… Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch Debt-Free Doctors Part of Cuba's Foreign Policy Strategy Ray Suarez wraps up his series on Cuba with a look at a "medical diplomacy" program that offers medical school education to low-income students from around the world. Continue watching
Dec 21 New Rules Will Increase Scrutiny of Health Insurance Premium Hikes Beginning next year, health insurers who want to raise their rates by more than 10 percent will face strict new requirements to explain and make public the price increases, according to a regulation released by the Obama administration Tuesday. The… Continue reading
Dec 21 In Photos: Scenes from Cuba By Cat Wise The second installment in a three-part Global Health series on Cuba airs Tuesday on the NewsHour. View photos from the team's trip through Havana below and tune in to learn more about Cuba's universal health care system and the… Continue reading
Dec 21 Festival Gives Cubans a Window to the World By Tom LeGro The grand lobby of Havana's historic Hotel Nacional de Cuba was humming with activity earlier this month as documentary filmmakers, directors, actors and producers from around Latin America gathered to pay homage to their craft at the International Festival of… Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch Cuba's Emphasis on Preventive Medicine Ray Suarez continues his series from Havana with a report on the Cuban health care system's emphasis on preventive medicine. Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch Health Reform Law's Legal, Political Obstacles Continue to Mount Jeffrey Brown discusses the political and legal challenges of mandating Americans to pay for health coverage with White House health reform director Nancy-Ann DeParle and Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who filed a lawsuit against the federal mandate, which was… Continue watching
Dec 20 Cubans Look to Break Down Misconceptions By Cat Wise During The PBS NewsHour's recent trip to Cuba, we asked people what they thought was the biggest misconception Americans have about Cuba. Here are some of the people we met and their responses: Antonio Perez is a 37-year-old security… Continue reading
Dec 20 States Move to Implement Health Care Reform as Fight Continues in Courthouses, Congress In courthouses and on Capitol Hill, the battle over health care reform is still being fought. Behind the scenes, though, in states all over the country, officials are quietly moving ahead to implement some parts of the law. Last… Continue reading
Dec 20 In Cuba, Questions About Economic Change Persist By Ray Suarez Ray Suarez's three-part Cuba series begins Monday night on the NewsHour. When I returned from Cuba recently, I was struck by the intense level of curiosity about the place, and the air of mystery the United States trade embargo and… Continue reading