Aug 24 Nigeria Sees Polio Outbreak from Mutated Vaccine Virus A mutated virus from the oral vaccine used to prevent the spread of polio in Nigeria has paralyzed at least 124 children in the West African country this year. Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch Idaho Congressman Hears from Constituents on Reform A Blue Dog Democrat congressman speaks with his Idaho constituents about the ongoing health care reform debate. Betty Ann Bowser reports. Continue watching
Aug 20 Grassley Calls to Scale Back Health Reform, Democrats Consider Split Bill A key Republican Senate negotiator called Wednesday to scale back the scope of health care reform efforts. Continue reading
Aug 20 Lockerbie Bomber Released from Scottish Prison By Dave Gustafson Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, who was convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing, has been released from prison in Scotland and sent home to Libya on compassionate grounds. Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch Former Insurance Exec Speaks Out on Health Reform Until last year, Wendell Potter worked for both Cigna and Humana health care for two decades. He's now a senior fellow on health care with the Center for Media and Democracy, a liberal research group. He speaks to Gwen Ifill… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch Despite Infighting, Democrats May Proceed Alone on Health Reform Looking to attract GOP votes, Democrats are waging a fierce debate over whether a public option must be part of health care reform. Scholar Norman Ornstein and The Hotline's Amy Walter predict a health reform bill will clear Congress despite… Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch Aetna CEO: Public Insurance Option 'Wrong Way to Go' Efforts to overhaul the health care system would be damaged by creating a public option to compete with private insurers, Ron Williams, chief executive of Aetna Inc., the nation's third-largest health insurer, tells Judy Woodruff. Continue watching
Aug 17 Q and A: Health Insurance Cooperatives By Lea Winerman Obama administration officials suggested over the weekend that they would be willing to consider compromise health care reform legislation that does not include a government-run public plan. Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch White House Signals Shift Away from Public Plan After weeks of criticism at town halls across the nation, the Obama administration signaled on Sunday it is open to dropping a public insurance option from any health care legislation. Despite likely backlash from liberals, the administration now appears focused… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch Cooperatives Emerge as Focal Point of Health Debate With the Obama administration signaling a new openness to dropping a public insurance option from any health care overhaul, the focus now turns toward the efficacy of the cooperative insurance model. Continue watching