Health

As its current term comes to a close, the Supreme Court announced several key rulings Thursday, including a major health care decision to let patients use state laws to fight group health plans that refuse to approve certain medical treatments.

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The Supreme Court upholds state laws that help patients fight their HMOs.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, discusses President Bush's $500 million plan to curb mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission.

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President Bush announces a three-year, $500 million HIV/AIDS initiative aimed at preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa and the Caribbean.

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The effect of doctors with degrees from overseas institutions on the U.S. health care system.

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Tom Bearden looks at the forces causing some doctors to stop treating Medicare patients.

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Susan Dentzer talks with Tom Scully, administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, who is lobbying Congress for legislation that would allow the government to put a Medicare card plan into effect.

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Susan Dentzer talks with Tricia Neuman, Medicare policy expert from the Kaiser Family Foundation, about prescription drug discount cards.

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Millions of seniors are turning to discount plans to cut down on their prescription drug costs. Health Correspondent Susan Dentzer takes a closer look at how to save the most money.

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An estimated 650,000 children have lost a parent to AIDS in Zambia, an African country where 20 percent of adults suffer from AIDS/HIV. Special correspondent Jonathan Silvers reports.

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