May 25 High-Risk Pools Set to Begin in July, But Funding, Fairness Questions Remain In July, some of the first money allocated by the new health care reform law will start flowing to states to fund temporary high-risk insurance pools. These pools are intended to extend insurance coverage to some of the most medically… Continue reading
May 12 Watch Mississippi Wages Fried Food Fight Against Childhood Obesity As First Lady Michelle Obama implements a national plan to end the U.S.'s childhood obesity epidemic, Betty Ann Bowser looks at the battle being waged in Mississippi against the fried foods that have become traditional staples in the state. Continue watching
Apr 29 Insurers to End Practice of Dropping Customers Who Become Sick Major health insurers announced this week that they will end the controversial practice of dropping customers who become sick. The practice, called rescission, had come under fire by health care reform advocates during the year-long reform debate,… Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch Debating the Ethics of Rationing End-of-Life Care NewsHour analyst Susan Dentzer, editor-in-chief of Health Affairs, moderated a Miller Center of Public Affairs debate on the ethics of rationing end-of-life health care after the issue gained prominence in the health care reform discussions. Here's an excerpt:… Continue watching
Apr 20 Insurers to Act Early to Fill Coverage Gap for Young Adults Thousands of college graduates won't have to worry about getting dropped from their parents' health insurance after they get their diplomas this spring. Several major insurance companies announced late yesterday they would act early on a key… Continue reading
Apr 13 ‘Frontline’ Explores the Politics of Health Care in ‘Obama’s Deal’ By Kwame Holman The “Frontline” report “Obama’s Deal” premieres Tuesday on PBS, giving viewers an in-depth insider’s view on the year-long, high-stakes health care reform debate. Producer Michael Kirk followed the twists and turns of the story as it… Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch Virginia Voters Examine Health Reform In the second of two reports on the implications of the new health care law, Betty Ann Bowser reports from Virginia as Rep. Tom Perriello meets with constituents. Continue watching
Apr 02 Health Reform Implementation Begins with High-Risk Pools In one of the first moves the Obama administration has taken under the new health care reform law, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Friday sent a letter to state governors and insurance commissioners intended to gauge interest… Continue reading
Apr 01 States Mount Challenges to Health Reform Law By Lea Winerman Even as President Obama talks up the new health care reform law at rallies and speeches around the country, opponents of the measure are continuing to work to invalidate it. State legislators in 38 states have introduced legislation opposing… Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch Health Care May Grant Obama Legacy as ‘Reformer’ In the wake of the passage of health care reform, Jim Lehrer talks to historians Ellen Fitzpatrick and Richard Norton Smith and columnists Michael Gerson and Clarence Page about what the victory means for the Obama presidency. Continue watching