Oct 31 Watch Go inside a U.S. hospital preparing for more Ebola cases By PBS News Hour In a special ward of Mount Sinai in Manhattan, doctors, nurses and security are prepping at top speed for a dreaded scenario: someone with Ebola walking through their doors. The NewsHour’s Megan Thompson reports from one of eight hospitals in… Continue watching
Oct 31 Poll: As midterms near, economy, health care lead voters' primary concerns By Nicholas Riccardi, Jennifer Agiesta, Associated Press DENVER — As a season of campaigning enters its intense final weekend, a new Associated Press-GfK poll illustrates the challenge ahead for candidates and their allies trying to rally voters around traditional wedge issues such as abortion and gay marriage. Continue reading
Oct 29 Don't let your Medicare Advantage plan disappear on you By Philip Moeller If your current Medicare Advantage plan will no longer be offered next year, you should have received a notice to that effect. And you should have read it. Maybe you did and maybe you didn’t. Making Sen$e Medicare Maven Phillip… Continue reading
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