Sep 08 Watch 13:14 With health care a top issue for voters, what do Biden and Trump propose? Health care is a top issue for voters in this fall's presidential election, with Americans still divided over the Affordable Care Act. Yamiche Alcindor and Lisa Desjardins explain the policies of President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, and… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 12:23 Is U.S. health care the best or ‘least effective’ system in the modern world? By William Brangham, Jason Kane The presidential election may determine the course of U.S. health care. America's health system is the most expensive in the world, brimming with innovation but also leaving more than 30 million people uninsured. How does it compare to services in… Continue watching
Jul 17 Court backs Trump expansion of short-term health plans By Mark Sherman, Associated Press A divided federal appeals court has upheld the Trump administration's expansion of cheaper short-term health insurance plans as an alternative to the Affordable Care Act's costlier comprehensive insurance. Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch 6:45 What happens if the Affordable Care Act is eliminated during a pandemic? The fate of the Affordable Care Act, often referred to as Obamacare, is on the line again. The Trump administration has filed a brief with the Supreme Court arguing the law, through which 23 million Americans get health insurance, is… Continue watching
May 25 1st deadlines for laid-off workers to get health insurance By Associated Press Many laid-off workers who lost health insurance in the coronavirus shutdown soon face the first deadlines to qualify for fallback coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Continue reading
May 23 Watch 8:31 Thousands lost medical coverage as pandemic approached By Simon Ostrovsky, Owen Kibby Since President Trump took office the number of people without health insurance in the U.S. has risen by nearly 2 million, joining tens of millions of others without coverage. Health professionals now worry some coronavirus victims may avoid visiting doctors,… Continue watching
May 07 Watch 7:02 For many Americans, health coverage is tied to a job — and now they have neither By Paul Solman Consequences of the unemployment driven by the novel coronavirus pandemic will reverberate through the U.S. economy for months, if not years. One result: as millions of Americans lose their jobs, they are also losing their health care coverage -- and… Continue watching
Apr 27 Supreme Court rules insurers can collect $12 billion under health care law By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court has ruled that insurance companies can collect $12 billion from the federal government to cover their losses in the early years of the health care law championed by President Barack Obama. Continue reading
Mar 25 How uninsured patients can get help during COVID-19 pandemic By Gretchen Frazee States, advocacy organizations and health care professionals are taking steps to ensure that the uninsured can still get testing and treatment in order to help slow the spread of the disease, but that hasn’t dissipated the confusion and worry that… Continue reading
Mar 10 WATCH: At White House, insurers again pledge no-cost virus tests By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Major insurers are pledging to cover coronavirus tests at no cost to patients. But those assurances — repeated at a White House meeting Tuesday — may not resolve public concerns about testing. Continue reading