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
Dec 09 Tempers Rise over Danish Text at Climate Summit By Talea Miller Tension between rich and poor countries hovered over climate negotiations in Copenhagen Wednesday, as developing nations fumed over the leak of a climate document drafted by Denmark. The 13-page document, known as the Danish text, was drawn up outside… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch Senate Deal Attempts to Strike Compromise on Public Option The health care debate reached a potential turning point in the Senate on Wednesday after leaders reached a compromise that drops the so-called "public option" from the bill. Gwen Ifill talks to experts about the politics and policy of the… Continue watching
Dec 07 Fact Sheet: Copenhagen Climate Summit By Talea Miller Representatives from 192 nations are converging on Copenhagen Monday for the opening day of the two-week United Nations Climate Change Conference, where the next steps are expected to be hashed out towards an international emissions agreement. Continue reading
Dec 03 Senate Breaks Health Care Stalemate With Votes on Amendments Updated December 4, 2009, 11:35 am In its fourth* day of debate on a health care reform bill Thursday, the Senate cast the first of many votes on amendments to the legislation. Senators agreed to safeguard coverage of mammograms… Continue reading
Dec 03 The Portrait of Health: An Artist’s Perspective on Health Insurance, Part 2 Christian Benefiel brings out an old bent steering wheel and proudly places it on the floor of the classroom studio. He rolls the lopsided wheel around on the concrete, and it does lazy circles, wobbling hard as it makes a… Continue reading
Dec 03 H1N1 Hitting Children Hard in Mexico City By Talea Miller In Mexico City, where schools and businesses were shuttered during the first H1N1 outbreak last spring, the initial fear surrounding the virus has lifted, but health officials warn that young children are being unexpectedly hard hit this flu season. Continue reading
Dec 01 On World AIDS Day, Strategy for Future of PEPFAR Released By Talea Miller The State Department released its five-year global AIDS strategy Tuesday, emphasizing building countries' abilities to manage their own epidemics, but disappointing advocates by not including a budget or recommending a bolder treatment target. Continue reading