Sep 24 Watch How Does Health Care Reform Change Options for Young Adults? Under the new health care reform law, young adults can stay on their parents' insurance until they are 26. What options are available for young adults with limited income? Gwen Ifill looks to Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch Businesses Weigh Bottom Line of Health Reform’s Employer Mandate Businesses Weigh Bottom Line of Health Reform's Employer Mandate… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch How Do the Health Reform Law’s Financial Incentives and Disincentives Work? How Do the Health Reform Law's Financial Incentives and Disincentives Work?… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch Congress Engages in Obamacare Spending Standoff Days Before Budget Deadline Congress Engages in Obamacare Spending Standoff Days Before Budget Deadline… Continue watching
Sep 10 #insidenewshour PBS NewsHour's Cindy Huang captured this image on Capitol Hill while waiting to film Rand Paul's rally against Obamacare. Continue reading
Aug 30 GOP Lawmakers Demand Information From Groups Getting Navigator Grants A volunteer for Enroll America's Get Covered America campaign, organizes materials on new insurance possibilities available through the Affordable Care Act. On Thursday, 15 Republican members of the house sent letters to recipients of "navigator grants" -- federal funds distributed… Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch Shields and Marcus on the Voting Rights Ruling, Democracy and Upheaval in Egypt Shields and Marcus on the Voting Rights Ruling, Democracy and Upheaval in Egypt… Continue watching
Jun 28 Health Reform Brings Heavy Fines for Hospitals With High Readmissions By Sarah Clune Should hospitals be held accountable for what happens to patients once they're discharged? A new policy under the Affordable Care Act says yes. Photos by Jim Petit. The federal government began fining hospitals based on how many Medicare patients were… Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch Access to Doctors Shrinks for Some Medicare Patients It's getting harder and harder for some seniors to find a primary care physician. Ray Suarez reports on why the threat of massive cuts to Medicare reimbursement rates has left some doctors so worried that they've decided to stop taking… Continue watching
Feb 22 Medicaid Expansion to Boost Access to Mental Health Services State funding and investment for mental health services have significantly decreased in recent years, even as demand for these services has increased. But there may be a glimmer of hope for advocates of expanded access to mental health… Continue reading