Nov 29 Watch 10:41 Will Tom Price take a 'surgical approach' to revising Obamacare? By PBS News Hour Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga) is an orthopedic surgeon and a vocal critic of the Affordable Care Act. He's also President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Sabrina Corlette of Georgetown… Continue watching
Mar 29 Obama turns attention to growing opioid abuse problem By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The trajectory of opioid deaths in the United States is trending in the wrong direction, President Barack Obama said Tuesday. Continue reading
Nov 13 Medicare will spend $9 billion on Hepatitis-C drugs this year By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Medicare spending on breakthrough medications for hepatitis C will nearly double this year, passing $9 billion, according to new government figures. Continue reading
Oct 29 Everything you need to know about the health care open enrollment period By Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News Open enrollment for the health law’s 2016 marketplace plans begins Sunday, and federal officials caution consumers to check out premium prices because in many places they may be higher. But officials are planning to offer new features to make the… Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch 8:23 After surviving Supreme Court challenge, what's next for Obamacare coverage and cost? By PBS News Hour Since the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, what’s next for ensuring the health of the health reform law? Judy Woodruff speaks to Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell about its successes and what can be improved. Continue watching
Jun 10 Watch 4:34 News Wrap: EPA moves to curb emissions from passenger airliners, cargo planes By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, the EPA declared that greenhouse gases from passenger airlines, cargo planes and business jets are a danger to public health. Also, Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell warned Congress about the looming Supreme… Continue watching
Feb 24 Administration: No quick fix if court kills health subsidies By Alan Fram, Associated Press President Barack Obama's health secretary told Congress Tuesday that there is no administrative action that would fix the "massive damage to our health care system" that would result should the Supreme Court invalidate federal subsidies that help millions of Americans… Continue reading
Dec 31 HHS Innovation Lab attempting to change how health care operates By Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News The health law’s ambitious lab for transforming how medicine is delivered and financed submitted its official report card to Congress on Tuesday, boasting of a few early results but mostly showing many works in progress. Continue reading
Oct 31 Medicare paid for drugs after patients had died, report finds By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Call it drugs for the departed: Medicare's prescription program kept paying for costly medications even after patients were dead. The problem was traced back to a head-scratching bureaucratic rule that's now getting a second look. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch Sen. Flake: Obama's proposal would allow migrant children to 'disappear into the population' By PBS News Hour Continue watching