Dec 15 Watch Democrats Inch Closer to Sweeping Health Care Overhaul President Obama urged Senate Democrats to push forward with health care reform and pass legislation before the year ends. The majority party remains divided over the proposals, disagreeing on key elements such as expanding Medicare and providing a public option. Continue watching
Dec 14 Anatomy of a Pandemic With Ray Suarez By Hari Sreenivasan Ray Suarez is all over the world tonight. While he is covering the climate conference in Copenhagen for the NewsHour, his special documentary on the H1N1 virus will be airing coast to coast tonight on PBS stations. Ray shares… Continue reading
Dec 14 Senate Enters Critical Week for Health Care Reform After a weekend spent passing a $1.1 trillion spending bill, the Senate will once again take up the complex issue of health care reform Monday afternoon. Last week, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., looked headed toward the 60 votes… Continue reading
Dec 14 Climate Talks Briefly Stall Over Protests From Developing Nations By Maureen Hoch China, India and other developing nations brought U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen to a temporary stop on Monday over demands that wealthy countries discuss much deeper cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions. EU environment spokesman Andreas Carlgren told… Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch Examining the Anatomy of a Pandemic and the H1N1 Scare Ray Suarez unveils his new documentary, "Anatomy of a Pandemic," Monday evening. It looks at the H1N1 flu virus, how the government is handling the scare and what emergency rooms are doing to combat the spread. Continue watching
Dec 11 Ray Suarez: Monumental Week for Climate Ahead in Copenhagen By Ray Suarez Just keep repeating to yourself: If any of this was easy, Kyoto would have worked. It's been 12 years since delegations from around the world met in Japan to discuss a coordinated global response to rising levels of greenhouse… Continue reading
Dec 11 Betty Ann Bowser: Senators Waiting for CBO Score NewsHour health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser checked in on the week's health care reform news, including Senate Democrats' tentative compromise that would all but eliminate the public option and a new analysis from the Department of Health and Human… Continue reading
Dec 11 Patchwork Nation: Health Care System Buckles as Tourism Slows in Ore. By Anna Shoup In Lincoln City, Ore., where the local economy remains heavily dependent on tourism, many jobs lack health insurance. And when jobs become scarce, even more find themselves struggling to find care. Continue reading
Dec 10 Details Emerge on Senate Health Reform Compromise By Betty Ann Bowser Some Senate Democrats sounded confident about prospects for health care reform Thursday, in the wake of Democratic negotiators' recent compromise deal on the public option -- though details of the agreement were still hard to come by. The agreement puts… Continue reading
Dec 09 Public Option Deal Wins Praise, Criticism By Lea Winerman Lawmakers and stakeholders reacted Wednesday to Democratic senators' tentative deal to break an impasse on the public option in the health reform bill. Ten Democratic senators, five moderates and five liberals, announced the deal Tuesday night. It would replace… Continue reading