Health

Health Reform Vote Set for Senate Finance Committee

The Senate Finance Committee will vote next week on revamping the nation's health care system. Kwame Holman reports.

How Much Will the H1N1 Flu Cost the U.S.?

By Travis Daub

Distribution centers around the country began receiving shipments of the much anticipated H1N1 flu vaccine this week. Those costs, as well as the economic blow of closed schools and lost productivity, could set back the fragile U.S. economy.

CBO Says Health Bill Would Cost $829 Billion

By Lea Winerman

The Senate Finance Committee's health care reform plan would cost $829 billion over 10 years, but would meet President Barack Obama's goal of reducing the federal budget deficit by 2019, according to a cost estimate released Wednesday.

What the U.S. Can Learn From Health Care Abroad

Gwen Ifill speaks with health experts about what the United States can learn from health care systems throughout the world.

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Netherlands Health System Balances Cost With Quality

In the last of a series on health care in the Netherlands, Ray Suarez reports on how the European country maintains low health care costs while delivering a high standard of care.

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Comparing International Health Care Systems

By PBS News Hour

Ray Suarez and a NewsHour reporting team traveled to the Netherlands in September to explore the country's innovative universal health care system, which has gained attention as a potential model for U.S. health care reform.

In Netherlands, Insurers Compete Over Quality of Care

In the first of a series on health care abroad, Ray Suarez looks at how the Netherlands achieved a massive health care overhaul four years ago.

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Nobel Prize for Medicine Goes to American Trio

Three Americans were named the 2009 winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine Monday for their work identifying a key growth enzyme that has important implications for research on aging, and for diseases like cancer.

Under Senate Finance Committee Plan, High-Risk Insurance Pools Get Funding Boost

Until recently, self-employed writer Candace Talmadge, of Lancaster, Texas, was pleased with the health insurance she purchased through a small business association.

Obama Pitches Health Reform to Doctors

By Lea Winerman

President Obama made his latest pitch for health care reform Monday in a White House Rose Garden speech to 150 white-coat-wearing doctors from around the country.