May 06 U.S. Health Costs Rising More Slowly, But Will It Last? By Jason Kane Americans still pay more than twice the price for health care than most other developed countries, but the sticker shock has come with a bit of good news in recent years: Costs are rising more slowly. "Exceptionally slowly," as… Continue reading
May 02 What a ‘Private Option’ for Medicaid Expansion Might Look Like The Obama administration wanted Republican states to accept the health law's Medicaid expansion pretty much as is. Republicans wanted Medicaid money in no-strings block grants. Arkansas has broached what could be a deal-making compromise, giving Washington the increased… Continue reading
Apr 15 Doctor on the Scene in Boston: ‘Tons of Mangled Extremities on the Ground’ EmbedVideo(6206, 482, 304); Hari Sreenivasan spoke with Dr. Albert Pendleton who was one of the first doctors on the scene of the explosions that killed three people and injured several others near the finish line of the Boston Marathon… Continue reading
Apr 15 Top Five Ways the President’s Budget Would Change Medicare By mcarey President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget includes a variety of what he says are "manageable" changes for Medicare's 54 million beneficiaries as well as for the hospitals, nursing homes and other health care providers that serve them. That… Continue reading
Apr 08 Finding the Prescription for Improving U.S. and Global Health Care By Susan Dentzer Whenever I travel around the country -- or the world -- and people I meet learn that I am a journalist focused on health and health care, they often ask: What country do you think has the best health… Continue reading
Mar 21 As Health Reform Law Turns Three, What Should You Expect Next? By Kaiser Health News Three years after the Affordable Care Act became law, a roundtable of reporters weighs in on what's changed for consumers, businesses and state governments -- and what you should expect next. Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch Emergency Room Doctor Returns to His Roots in ‘Brick City’ In his new book, "Living and Dying in Brick City," Dr. Sampson Davis recounts his return to his hometown of Newark, N.J., as an emergency room physician. Ray Suarez talks with Davis about working on the front lines of his… Continue watching
Mar 13 Watch Survivors Share Experiences of Sexual Assault in the Military Survivors Share Experiences of Sexual Assault in the Military… Continue watching
Mar 13 Watch Protecting Americans From Danger in the Drinking Water In part one of a two-part series Miles O’Brien travels to Hinkley, Calif., the town featured in the movie Erin Brockovich, for its multi-million battle over contaminated groundwater. O'Brien reports on the investigation into the chemical Chromium-6, the agency that… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch Researchers Aim to Unlock Genetic Data Goldmine for Vital Medical Information Researchers Aim Unlock Genetic Data Goldmine for Vital Medical Information… Continue watching