Mar 24 Watch Health Reform: What Are the Changes to Medicare? Gwen Ifill talks to NPR reporter Julie Rovner about how changes to Medicare, including new taxes and adjustments in prescription drug coverage, under health care reform may impact Americans over the age of 65. Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch Senate Republicans Push Back on Health Care Fixes Republicans proposed a long list of amendments during Senate debate on a package of changes to the new health care bill, as Democrats attempt to finish the legislation. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch Newsmaker: Speaker Pelosi on Finishing Health Care’s Uphill Climb After Sunday's historic vote on health care reforms in the House, Jim Lehrer talks to Speaker Nancy Pelosi about finding enough votes to pass President Obama's signature domestic issue. Continue watching
Mar 23 The International Response to Health Care Reform As the health care debate raged in town halls across the United States last summer, a cross-Atlantic debate also emerged, with some conservatives criticizing government-run health care in Britain and holding it up as an example of everything they… Continue reading
Mar 23 President Obama Signs Health Reform Into Law By Lea Winerman _pap_embed_custom('news01s3d09qe42',482,304,""); President Obama on Tuesday signed health care reform into law, in front of a cheering crowd of lawmakers and Americans who will be affected by the bill. "Today, after almost a century of trying, today after over a… Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch Health Reform: What Changes for the Uninsured? As part of continuing coverage on the impact of health care legislation, Ray Suarez talks to Susan Dentzer, editor-in-chief of the journal Health Affairs, about how the new regulations and penalties will impact coverage for people without insurance. Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch Republicans Take Aim at Health Reform Reconciliation Bill President Barack Obama signed the landmark health care reform bill into law today, as the Senate began debate on its companion measure. Jim Lehrer talks to Arizona Republican Jon Kyl about efforts to stall the final stage of health care's… Continue watching
Mar 22 Health Reform: What to Expect When The health reform bill passed by the House Sunday night sets a timeline for phasing in reform that's several years long. Some provisions will take effect quickly, many will be phased in over the next four years and one… Continue reading
Mar 22 A Reader’s Guide to Health Reform Many people have written to us in the past several weeks saying they can't stand to hear another word about the political sausage-making process behind health reform. What they ARE eager to learn more about is how the legislation… Continue reading
Mar 22 President Obama, Democrats Pass Historic Health Care Bill. Now What? President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden embrace in the White House following Sunday night's vote passing health care reform. (Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images.) With President Barack Obama set to sign into law the most sweeping… Continue reading