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Chris Hastedt: So, this one's from Virginia. "Greetings from Virginia. Thanks, y'all, for your efforts. The majority of voters in Maine have resoundingly approved expanding Medicaid for 70,000 low-income people. Wahoo!" Sarah Varney: And advocates in many other red states that refused to expand Medicaid are ...
... according to the Bangor Daily News. “I don’t believe for one minute that health care is a right,” LePage told PBS NewsHour special correspondent Sarah Varney. “In my lifetime, I’ve made health care a priority for myself and my family.” Throughout his political career, LePage has been an ...
... just want, you know, them to see and experience something better. And so I would do it all again. Sarah Varney: Even if that means waking before dawn to drive across town, and doing it all again tomorrow. For the PBS NewsHour and Kaiser Health News, I'm Sarah Varney.
... hurricane season, which starts in June. A crucial concern is whether Puerto Rico’s power grid can withstand even a minor storm, the Times reported. Sarah Varney of Kaiser Health News told the PBS NewsHour that locals remain skittish about the power grid’s frailty. Last month, two island-wide ...
... It's not going to be the same. SARAH VARNEY: With President Trump and congressional Republicans now saying a final replacement plan may not be ready until later this year, the uncertainty is likely to linger. For the PBS NewsHour and Kaiser Health News, I'm Sarah Varney in Chicago.
DR. DAVID BUCK, Patient Care Intervention Center: Nobody wants to take ownership of any of it. The people just want ownership of what they have authority over. And that's really the issue. SARAH VARNEY: Back in Camden, even Dr. Brenner is less optimistic than he once was. His office ...
... tried comprehensive health care reform, and they failed. President Obama succeeded. This is not a footnote in history. It will go down as a landmark. SARAH VARNEY: And one of the most important legacies of the Obama years. For the "PBS NewsHour" and Kaiser Health News, I'm Sarah Varney ...
... to stop the cycle, is to do something that's sustainable. But we're the Band-Aid. We're the safety net until that happens. SARAH VARNEY: When the volunteers leave town on Sunday, it's up to free clinics like the Health Wagon in nearby Wise, Virginia, to try ...
... confident in the services we provide, but also the doctors feeling really confident that they know more of what's going on with their patients. SARAH VARNEY: But Kaur goes home each night to one of her biggest skeptics. Her husband, Dr. Prabhjot Singh, is helping Mount Sinai figure out ...
Editor's Note: Monday on the PBS NewsHour, special correspondent Sarah Varney explores how U.S. health experts have adopted a practice from Africa in which ordinary citizens are trained as community health workers. On several days this summer, Victor Sanchez’s apartment in upper Manhattan got so sweltering hot ...
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