Dec 24 Watch Senate Health Bill Sets Stage for Tough Negotiations With House In a landmark vote Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted 60-39 to approve an overhaul to the nation's health care system. Judy Woodruff examines the negotiations ahead to reconcile Senate and House versions of the bill, and what the measures might… Continue watching
Dec 23 Excerpt: Obama on Public Option Compromises By News Desk In an excerpt of a PBS NewsHour interview with Jim Lehrer, President Barack Obama reflects on compromises made in the push for health care reform. Continue reading
Dec 23 Somalia, Pakistan Rank Among Top Crises of 2009 By Larisa Epatko When reviewing 2009's humanitarian emergencies, several international aid organizations cited the massive needs of those displaced by fighting in places such as Somalia and Pakistan, and growing obstacles to accessing those in need of help. Continue reading
Dec 23 Excerpt: Obama on Reconciling House, Senate Health Bills By News Desk In an excerpt of President Obama’s PBS NewsHour interview with Jim Lehrer, the president talks about the White House’s role in reconciling the House and Senate versions of health reform legislation. Watch the full interview on Wednesday’s NewsHour. Continue reading
Dec 23 Excerpt: President Obama ‘Very Satisfied’ on Health Bill By News Desk In an excerpt of President Obama’s PBS NewsHour interview with Jim Lehrer Wednesday, the president says of the Senate’s health care reform bill that while he is “never completely satisfied” he is “very satisfied,” with the measure at hand. Continue reading
Dec 23 Wednesday’s Headlines: Health Bill Marches Ahead; Personal Incomes Rise Lawmakers continue to work toward passage of a bill to reform the nation's health care system with one more procedural hurdle slated for Wednesday, before a final vote now planned for Christmas Eve morning. The third procedural vote comes… Continue reading
Dec 22 Amy Walter: Democrats Need to Sell Health Care Bill for 2010 By Hari Sreenivasan Amy Walter of the Hotline visits the Rundown to talk about the back room deals that had to be made in order for health care legislation to move forward in the Senate, what the vote could mean for Democrats and… Continue reading
Dec 22 Senate Sets Health Reform Vote for Early Morning Christmas Eve It's an early Christmas present for Senators and their staff. Senate leaders announced Tuesday that they had scheduled a final vote on the Senate's health care reform bill for 8 a.m. on December 24. Democrats appear to have… Continue reading
Dec 22 Tuesday’s Headlines: Bankers Meet With Obama; Health Bill Inches Forward President Barack Obama will meet Tuesday with representatives of a dozen small and community banks at the White House in a follow-up to a similar meeting he held last week with some of the nation's top bankers. Continue reading
Dec 21 Profiles: How Could Health Care Reform Affect You? A young woman without health insurance. A small business owner. A woman just diagnosed with breast cancer. The PBS NewsHour talks to health policy analysts about how health care reform could affect these individuals and other real people. Continue reading