Oct 12 Watch San Francisco Ramps Up Care for City's Uninsured While the U.S. has struggled with an imperfect health care system, San Francisco has launched its own initiative to extend coverage to the more than 60,000 adult residents in the city without insurance. Spencer Michels reports. Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch Health Reform Carries Heavy Price, Insurers Claim A new report paid for by the insurance industry has concluded that health care reform would increase the costs of coverage faster and higher than under the current system. Continue watching
Oct 09 Obama's Reform Effort Faces More Hurdles After Finance Committee Vote A key component of President Obama's health reform overhaul faces a vote next week in the Senate Finance Committee after the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office gave it an upbeat assessment. Continue reading
Oct 08 Senate Committee Set for Health Reform Vote The Senate Finance Committee will vote Tuesday on a sweeping revamp of the U.S. health care system as the debate over President Barack Obama's top domestic policy enters a new stage. Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch 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. Continue watching
Oct 08 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. Continue reading
Oct 07 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. Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch 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. Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch 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. Continue watching
Oct 06 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. Continue reading