Oct 27 Watch Understanding the U.S. guidelines on Ebola quarantine - Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch Children orphaned by Ebola face long-term consequences - Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch Will strong feelings about Obamacare influence Kentucky's election? By PBS News Hour In Kentucky there's a disconnect in public opinion for the Affordable Care Act versus the state's popular health exchange program. Special correspondent Renee Shaw of Kentucky Educational Television reports on how voter opinions of the president’s health care law stands… Continue watching
Oct 23 HealthCare.gov's EZ form not an easy route for legal immigrants By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press WASHINGTON — HealthCare.gov’s new EZ application for coverage can’t be used by legal immigrants or naturalized U.S. citizens, prompting concern that many Hispanics and Asians will go right back into long enrollment queues this year. Continue reading
Oct 23 Poll: Many Americans doubt local hospitals can treat Ebola By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Most Americans have some confidence that the U.S. health care system will prevent Ebola from spreading in this country, but they’re not so sure their local hospital can safely handle a patient, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. Continue reading
Oct 22 How to find a Medicare Part D drug plan online By Philip Moeller Medicare's prescription drug plans change what drugs they offer and how much they charge every year, with plans differing by geographic region. But just looking at premiums, which some drug-plan guides do, is not going to tell you much about… Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch Ambulance nurse confronts death and desperation in the heart of the Ebola epidemic By PBS News Hour In Liberia’s capital Monrovia, ambulance crews go around the city, picking up bodies as well as sick patients who have been infected with Ebola. Video journalist Ben Solomon spent three weeks shadowing a nurse for this New York Times report. Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch Dozens cleared from Ebola quarantine in Texas By PBS News Hour Dozens of people who had initial contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died of Ebola in Dallas, were deemed safe to leave quarantine after weeks of monitoring. More than 100 others, including those who cared for him,… Continue watching
Oct 20 Small group of specialty drugs could make up half of total pharmacy spending by 2018 By Ruth Tam Specialty medications are expected to account for half of total annual pharmacy spending, or $235 billion, by 2018. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch Slipping through the system: Are mentally ill Americans getting adequate health care? By PBS News Hour Millions of Americans are now eligible for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, including 1.2 million people with mental illnesses. But this particularly vulnerable group may not actually be getting the heath care they need. NewsHour Weekend's Stephen Fee… Continue watching