Mar 30 Obama Signs Health Care, Student Loan Changes Into Law President Obama on Tuesday signed into law the final piece of health care reform legislation -- a bill that also included a package of reforms to the student financial aid lending system. The president signed the… Continue reading
Mar 30 Tuesday: Obama to Sign Overhaul to Health Care, Student Loan Systems By Jason Breslow President Barack Obama will cap the overhaul to health care on Tuesday when he travels from the White House to a local community college to sign the package of "fixes" to the legislation passed by Congress last week. While… Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch New Law Changes Student Loan Landscape President Obama enacted a sweeping remake of the student lending market by signing the final piece of the health care overhaul into law. Jeffrey Brown talks to a higher education reporter about how the new law will impact college students… Continue watching
Mar 29 Sebelius Seeks to Quell Debate on Health Coverage for Children Providing coverage to children with pre-existing conditions is a cornerstone of the new health law, and central to President Obama's argument for reform. But on Sunday, The New York Times reported that insurance companies may have found loopholes… Continue reading
Mar 29 In Peru, Life for the Life-Givers By Ray Suarez When you're in a four-wheel drive vehicle threading its way through rocky mountain passes in the Andes, it's hard to imagine getting around any other way. But people do. Our driver slows on a narrow curve to make way for… Continue reading
Mar 29 Berwick Picked to Head Medicare, Medicaid Transition Obama administration officials have told news organizations that the president plans to nominate Harvard health policy and pediatrics professor Donald Berwick to guide Medicare and Medicaid through the major changes required under the new health care… Continue reading
Mar 26 Susan Dentzer Answers Your Questions about Health Reform Over the past week, we've noticed many questions in the comments section of the Rundown about how the new health care reform law will affect people's lives and their health care. We posed some of those questions to Susan Dentzer,… Continue reading
Mar 26 Gwen’s Take: Translating the History of Health Reform By Gwen Ifill I have a little hobby as a journalist. I love to listen to how people use words. That sounds simpler than it is. It requires the listener to be skeptical rather than cynical, yet to cheerfully expose the meaning behind… Continue reading
Mar 26 Friday: Iraq to Release Election Results; House Approves Senate Fixes By Jason Breslow Supporters of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad demand a vote recount ahead of the final results for the country's general election. Photo by Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images. Iraq on Friday will announce results from nationwide parliamentary elections held… Continue reading
Mar 25 Peru Weighs Low Cost Options to Tackle Deadly Cervical Cancer By Talea Miller Cervical cancer is one of the main causes of death for women in Peru, where screening for the disease is sporadic. Now, health workers are considering low-tech and low-cost options that could make a difference in poor rural areas. Continue reading