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Tennessee has tried to tackle the skyrocketing costs of Medicaid for more than a decade and now their program, TennCare, faces major financial problems. The following is an extended transcript of Diane Rowland, Executive Director of Kaiser Commission on Medicaid…

Tennessee has tried to tackle the skyrocketing costs of Medicaid for more than a decade and now their program, TennCare, faces major financial problems. The following is an extended transcript of Gov. Phil Bredesen, the Democratic governor of Tennessee, discussing…

Tennessee has tried to tackle the skyrocketing costs of Medicaid for more than a decade and now their program, TennCare, faces major financial problems. The following is an extended transcript of Gordon Bonnyman of the Tennessee Justice Center discussing the…

Scientists around the world are looking to coral reefs for the next big medical breakthrough. Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser explores the potential of these "rainforests of the sea" to provide the raw materials for life-saving drugs in the second of…

The Kyoto Treaty, signed in 1997 to combat global warming, went into effect Wednesday. Gwen Ifill leads a discussion on the newly enacted treaty and the U.S. decision not to participate.