Oct 01 McDonald's Flap Puts Spotlight on Mini-Med Health Plans Discussions between the Obama administration and McDonald's over how the fast-food giant's health insurance plans will fare in the wake of health care reform are putting the spotlight on "mini-med" plans -- the type of coverage that McDonald's offers… Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch Johnson & Johnson Executives Face Congress Over Series of Recalls Johnson & Johnson executives were summoned to testify on Capitol Hill in the wake of a string of recalls that have left the company -- and the FDA -- under fire. Betty Ann Bowser updates the story. Continue watching
Sep 30 Blueberries Among Top Tips to Avoid Alzheimer's, Journalist Says By Betty Ann Bowser When health journalist Jean Carper discovered that she carried the ApoE4 gene that triples her risk for developing Alzheimer's disease, she became interested in finding out more about the latest research on Alzheimer's prevention. More research and… Continue reading
Sep 23 Todd Park Envisions a More Open HHS By Hari Sreenivasan According to the timeline at Healthcare.gov, at least a half dozen new health care laws go into effect Thursday. The fact that there is even such a transparent timeline on a website is one of the cornerstones… Continue reading
Sep 23 For Parkinson's Patients, 'Valley of Death' Separates Science From Cures I first heard about the problem known as the "valley of death" from what might seem like an unlikely source: the actor and philanthropist Michael J. Fox. The valley of death is the gap that sometimes exists between the… Continue reading
Sep 23 Republican 'Repeal and Replace' Strategy Faces Legislative Roadblocks As part of their "Pledge to America" released Thursday, Republican lawmakers codified what they have been saying for months: If elected, a Republican-led Congress would aim to "repeal and replace" health care reform. But with a Democratic president in… Continue reading
Sep 22 Owners of Tainted Egg Farm Blasted at Congressional Hearing At a recent visit to the Wright County Egg farm, FDA inspectors found decaying rodent corpses, chicken carcasses, live mice and thousands of flies. One building had so much manure oozing through the door that it wouldn't shut. Lawmakers… Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch Health Reform at Six Months: What Changes Are Taking Effect? Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser looks at the impact of the health reform bill President Obama signed into law six months ago, what changes are set to take effect this week and how some Americans are already using the law's… Continue watching
Sep 22 Obama Touts Health Reform's Benefits President Obama made a pitch for the benefits of health care reform on the eve of the law's six-month anniversary Wednesday. The president spoke to a small audience in a suburban backyard in Falls Church, Va., just outside Washington, D.C. Continue reading
Sep 22 Health Reform Law at 6 Months: What Changes Go Into Effect Now? The health reform law hits its six-month anniversary Thursday, putting a first round of new consumer-protection provisions into effect. Below is a recap of the provisions that are about to go into effect, who they impact, and… Continue reading