Feb 08 Watch ‘Checklist Manifesto’ Author Pairs Simplicity With Lifesaving Could the straightforward checklists used by airline pilots also help save lives in the operating room? Dr. Atul Gawande's book, "The Checklist Manifesto," examines how lists can reduce risk in the medical field and beyond. Continue watching
Feb 04 Health Spending Sees Record Jump as Government Share of Spending Increases Health care spending accounted for 17.3 percent of the U.S. economy in 2009, according to a report by the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, published Thursday in the journal Health Affairs. Read the report here. That's a… Continue reading
Jan 26 Watch Rebuilding Health Care System Major Hurdle for Haiti Ray Suarez reports on how Haitian and international medical teams are wrestling over whether to discharge earthquake victims who have been treated, but don't have homes where they could continue their recovery. Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch News Wrap: Deal Reached on Taxing ‘Cadillac’ Plans In other news, President Obama and union leaders reached an agreement on taxing high-cost health care plans, and a suicide bomber killed 20 people in Afghanistan. Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch Democrats Wrangle Over Taxing ‘Cadillac’ Insurance Plans Gwen Ifill speaks with economists about the ongoing debate over taxing so-called "Cadillac" health care insurance plans. Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch From Wars to Recession, a Review of Decade’s Politics Starting with a divisive presidential election and ending with the rancorous debate over health care reform, Gwen Ifill and political analysts look back at the highs and lows of the decade's politics. Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch In Mexico, a Plan to Beat Poverty With Health Care and Education In the next installment of his series on Mexico, Ray Suarez examines how the government is lifting people out of poverty and inspiring nations throughout the world to do the same. Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch Retirees Flock to Mexico for the Sun and the Health Care Thousands of Americans are increasingly traveling to resort towns like Puerto Vallarta, in Mexico, not for vacation, but for the cheap health care. In many cases, reports Ray Suarez, for care they couldn't afford in the United States. Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch Senate Health Bill Sets Stage for Tough Negotiations With House In a landmark vote Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted 60-39 to approve an overhaul to the nation's health care system. Judy Woodruff examines the negotiations ahead to reconcile Senate and House versions of the bill, and what the measures might… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch Stage Set for Christmas Eve Health Care Clash With Senate Democrats on the cusp of passing the most sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system in a generation, Democrat Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina speak with Gwen Ifill about the merits… Continue watching