Feb 03 N.J. Doctors Stage Slowdown to Protest Rising Insurance Rates Doctors from across New Jersey walked off the job Monday as part of a work slowdown to protest rising medical malpractice insurance premiums. Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch Fixing Medicare President Bush has proposed a plan that would offer drug coverage to seniors who leave traditional Medicare and join government-subsidized private health plans. Two experts examine the policy and politics surrounding the proposal. Continue watching
Jan 29 Judge Rejects Pres. Bush's Discount Drug Card Plan A federal judge Wednesday barred the Bush administration from putting in place a plan to offer discount prescription drug cards to Medicare recipients. Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch Here's To Your Health: The Medical Value of Alcohol Margaret Warner reports on recent studies that have questioned the medical value of alcohol. Continue watching
Jan 17 Smallpox Vaccination of Health Workers to Begin Soon, CDC Says Despite concerns voiced by health care workers' unions and a scientific panel, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that mass vaccination of a half-million medical workers could start as soon as next week. Continue reading
Jan 14 States Band Together to Cut Drug Costs Nine states and the District of Columbia are forming a nonprofit group to hold down the costs of prescription drug plans for their workers and Medicaid recipients, according to The New York Times. Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch Managing Health Care The Supreme Court hears arguments in a case questioning whether states can force HMOs to offer a wider choice of doctors. Ray Suarez discusses the case with a Supreme Court reporter for The Chicago Tribune. Continue watching
Jan 08 U.S. Health Care Spending Rises At Record Pace New statistics indicated that health costs in the U.S. rose some 8.7 percent in 2001, marking the single largest increase in ten years. The escalating expense of care was driven in large part by the cost of prescription drugs and… Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch Abortion Politics President Bush recently renewed the abortion debate by reexamining the question of when life begins. Health correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on several recent policy moves that have become focal points in the debate over abortion rights. Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch Food for Thought Terence Smith examines the health and business issues behind the changing eating trends in America with a food columnist for The New York Times, host of Minnesota Public Radio's "The Splendid Table," and the executive vice president of a Chicago-based… Continue watching