Dec 21 Watch Senate Inches Toward Historic Health Care Vote With a 60-40 test vote early Monday morning to shut down a Republican filibuster, Senate Democrats moved closer to passing the broadest overhaul of the nation's health care system in a generation. Betty Ann Bowser reports. Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch Shields and Brooks on Climate Deal, Senate Health Bill Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks break down the top stories of the past week, including the twists and turns of the Copenhagen climate summit. Continue watching
Dec 15 Study: CT Scan Overuse Could Lead to Cancer Deaths The millions of CT scans performed each year in the U.S. may be subjecting some patients to unnecessary cancer risk, and could lead to 29,000 extra cancer cases each year, according to two studies published Tuesday in the… Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch Democrats Inch Closer to Sweeping Health Care Overhaul President Obama urged Senate Democrats to push forward with health care reform and pass legislation before the year ends. The majority party remains divided over the proposals, disagreeing on key elements such as expanding Medicare and providing a public option. Continue watching
Dec 11 Betty Ann Bowser: Senators Waiting for CBO Score NewsHour health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser checked in on the week's health care reform news, including Senate Democrats' tentative compromise that would all but eliminate the public option and a new analysis from the Department of Health and Human… Continue reading
Dec 11 Patchwork Nation: Health Care System Buckles as Tourism Slows in Ore. By Anna Shoup In Lincoln City, Ore., where the local economy remains heavily dependent on tourism, many jobs lack health insurance. And when jobs become scarce, even more find themselves struggling to find care. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch Shields and Brooks on Obama’s Nobel Speech, Senate Health Bill Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks talk to Jim Lehrer about the top stories of the week, including President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech and the shape of the compromise in the Senate on a health care overhaul. Continue watching
Dec 07 Betty Ann Bowser: Public Option Debate Continues in Senate By Betty Ann Bowser It's all we've heard about for months: the public option, a government-run health insurance plan. Liberals love the idea. They say it would offer cheap insurance for the uninsured because there would be low administrative costs. And, they reason,… Continue reading
Dec 04 Moderates Offer Cost-cutting Health Bill Amendment By Bridget Desimone As the Senate floor debate on health care reform legislation continued into its fifth day, three moderate senators came together to offer an amendment they said would bolster cost controls in the bill. Maine Republican Susan Collins, Connecticut Independent… Continue reading
Dec 03 Senate Breaks Health Care Stalemate With Votes on Amendments Updated December 4, 2009, 11:35 am In its fourth* day of debate on a health care reform bill Thursday, the Senate cast the first of many votes on amendments to the legislation. Senators agreed to safeguard coverage of mammograms… Continue reading