Jan 11 Tax on Cadillac Plans: Necessary Cost-control or Unfair Burden? President Obama is meeting with a group of labor union leaders Monday afternoon to discuss the "Cadillac" health insurance tax -- the tax on high-cost insurance plans that's one of the major sticking points remaining in finding a compromise… Continue reading
Jan 08 Shields and Brooks on Televising Health Care Talks, Obama Lobbying Rules By Hari Sreenivasan In this edition of The Rundown with Mark and David, columnists Mark Shields and David Shields discuss C-SPAN’s push to have Congress’ final health reform bill negotiations be televised and the balance of power between lobbyists and congressional staffers. Continue reading
Jan 07 Abortion, Subsidies, ‘Cadillac’ Tax Remain Sticking Points in Health Reform Negotiations President Obama met with House and Senate Democratic leaders this week, as the two chambers begin negotiations to iron out the differences between their versions of health care reform. NPR health policy correspondent Julie Rovner talks to the Rundown… Continue reading
Jan 07 EPA Proposes Stricter Smog Limits The Environmental Protection Agency proposed stricter new limits on smog Thursday that could have big health benefits, but could also cost up to $90 billion for corporations and the government to implement. The proposal would limit smog to… Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch With H1N1 Vaccine Now Abundant, Flu Fears Ease With the H1N1 vaccine no longer in short supply, the crowds that once lined clinics nationwide are now gone. But has the rush to get vaccinated slowed too soon? Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Jan 07 H1N1 Vaccine Reaching Poorer Nations as Flu Fears Continue to Wane By Talea Miller Developing nations will begin receiving donated H1N1 vaccine Thursday, just as the U.S. shortage is waning and some European nations find themselves with more vaccine than they can handle. Continue reading
Jan 06 An Interview With Francesco Clark of ‘This Emotional Life’ By Hari Sreenivasan Seven and a half years ago, Francesco Clark survived a tragic swimming pool accident that severed his spinal cord and left him paralyzed. While it took him a long time to overcome a deep depression, he is getting stronger by… Continue reading
Jan 05 Health Reform Talks Resume; Dems to Bypass Formal Conference After a holiday break, congressional Democrats are beginning to return to Capitol Hill for a final push to pass health care reform legislation before President Obama's State of the Union address, likely in early February. Although Congress isn't scheduled… Continue reading
Jan 01 Eye Hospital in India Restores Sight With Free Surgeries By Carolyn O'Hara Friday on the NewsHour, a second look at a Fred de Sam Lazaro report from India on the Aravind system of eye hospitals and clinics, the largest such system in the world. These clinics subsidize sight-restoring surgery for impoverished patients… Continue reading
Dec 31 Elizabeth Farnsworth: For Some World Crises, a Chance to Turn the Corner NewsHour special correspondent Elizabeth Farnsworth sent the Rundown this reflection on some of the international stories she has covered and where they stand today. This month brought news I wouldn't have believed possible in 1984, when I first reported… Continue reading