Oct 05 Watch Among Doctors, Many Opinions on Health Care Reform While President Obama worked to rally doctors around health care reform Monday, fault lines have nevertheless emerged among physicians on topics such as the public option, the role of insurance companies, and the say of patients. A pair of doctors… Continue watching
Oct 02 Key Committee Wraps Up Debate on Health Reform After more than a week of debate, the Senate Finance Committee wrapped up its consideration of a landmark health care reform bill in the wee hours Friday morning. Continue reading
Oct 01 Baucus Says Health Reform Bill Has Enough Votes to Pass, Despite Criticisms Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee said Thursday that chairman Max Baucus' health care reform bill is "riddled" with new taxes on the middle class, violating President Obama's campaign pledge. Continue reading
Sep 29 Senate Finance Committee Rejects Public Insurance Option By Lea Winerman In the latest political showdown over health care, the Senate Finance Committee voted Tuesday to reject an amendment by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., to add a public insurance option to the panel's health care reform bill. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch Bid to Revive Public Option Fails in Senate Committee In the latest showdown over health care, the Senate Finance Committee voted Tuesday to reject a proposal to add a public insurance option to a reform bill. Betty Ann Bowser reports. Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch Medicare Set for Big Cuts Under Overhaul Plans Depending on which, if any, health care reform plan passes through Congress, Medicare faces cuts as high as $500 billion. But what would cuts entail? Gwen Ifill reports. Continue watching
Sep 25 Economists Find Mixed Results on Tort Reform Amid the push for a health care overhaul, the Obama administration announced last week that it will spend $25 million on new research to reduce medical malpractice lawsuits. Continue reading
Sep 23 Democrats Revolt Over $80 Billion Pharmaceutical Deal Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus faced the first major fight over his health care legislation Tuesday, as fellow Democrats challenged the $80 billion deal that he and the White House struck with drug makers to help pay for health… Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch Struggling to Find Affordable Health Insurance An excerpt from a PBS special on one family's struggle to obtain affordable health care. Continue watching
Sep 18 Consumer-driven Health Care Advocate Proposes Scrapping Insurance Model The NewsHour's series of health care reform conversations continues with an online-only conversation with David Goldhill, author of the recent article "How American Health Care Killed My Father."… Continue reading