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
Mar 25 Obama Touts Health Care Reform, Challenges Republicans on Repeal Fight By Lea Winerman President Obama extolled the benefits of the newly-signed health care reform law in a speech Thursday in Iowa City, Iowa, in the first of a series of events aimed at selling the new law to the American public. "I… Continue reading
Mar 25 Senate Clears Fixes to Health Care Bill By Jason Breslow The U.S. Senate has passed a package of fixes to the health care reform bill signed into law by President Obama this week, clearing the way for a final vote on the reconciliation measure by the House later today. Continue reading
Mar 25 With Menu Labeling Law, Diners Will Soon Know Calorie Counts Diners will soon begin getting a lot more information about the calorie counts in their fast food and other restaurant meals -- whether they want it or not. A provision in the newly-passed health care reform bill will require… Continue reading
Mar 25 Thursday: Health Bill Heads Back to House; Lawmakers Receive Threats Democratic Sens. Tom Harkin of Iowa, Chris Dodd of Connecticut, Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada hold a news conference Wednesday. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.) Just when House Democrats thought they were… Continue reading