Jul 08 Watch Hospitals Vow Cost Cuts Amid Concerns on Reform’s Price Tag Three major hospital organizations joined the effort to cut medical costs and agreed to contribute $155 billion over the next 10 years to the cost of health care reform. Betty Ann Bowser reports. Continue watching
Jul 08 U.S. Hospitals Offer $155 Billion for Health Reform By PBS News Hour Three major hospital associations have cut a deal with the Senate Finance Committee and the Obama administration to contribute about $155 billion over 10 years to the cost of health care reform, Vice President Biden announced Wednesday. Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch Obama Administration Plans to Expand Research Funding for Older Stem Cell Lines An Obama administration plan released Monday would expand federal funding of stem cell research to older lines of stem cells previously ineligible for such financing. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Jul 02 Report: Obesity Rates Rise Nationwide By Admin, PBS News Hour The U.S. is getting heavier every year. That's the message of a new study released Thursday by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch In Russia, Unhealthy Habits Make Funerals Outpace Births In her latest report from Russia, Margaret Warner takes a look at the health and well-being of the Russian people, including the low life expectancy for adult males. Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch FDA Panel Recommends Ban on Popular Painkillers A doctor assesses a new FDA panel recommendation for a ban on such popular painkillers as Vicodin, Percocet and other drugs containing acetaminophen. Continue watching
Jul 01 Obama Rallies Support for Health Care Reform at Va. Town Hall Meeting By Admin, PBS News Hour President Barack Obama sought to rally public support for his health care agenda Wednesday at a town hall meeting in Annandale, Va., where he emphasized his focus on passing reform legislation this year. Continue reading
Jul 01 FDA Panel Urges Restrictions on Acetaminophen By PBS News Hour A Food and Drug Administration panel on Tuesday called for greater restrictions on the widely used pain reliever acetaminophen -- even recommending banning some medications that contain it -- in a bid to prevent potentially harmful overdoses. Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch Single-payer Advocates Make Case in Health Reform The projected cost of a health care overhaul has cast doubt over whether lawmakers will be able to reach agreement on a plan while advocates for a single-payer system have been making their case. Betty Ann Bowser reports on the… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch Sebelius: Health Reform Puts Focus on Lower Costs, Better Choices Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday urged lawmakers to approve the White House health care reform plan. She outlines the case for the overhaul with Judy Woodruff. Continue watching