Jan 07 Watch Health Care Spending Increases but Rate Slows With Recession and Economy Health Care Spending Increases but Rate Slows With Recession and Economy… Continue watching
Jan 01 Health Reform May Be Headed Back to Supreme Court in 2013 By Jason Kane Tea Party activist William Temple, protests in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, on June 28, the morning the justices ruled to uphold the vast majority of the health care reform law. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Should old acquaintance… Continue reading
Dec 31 How the Health Reform Law Supports Gun Rights Cindy Sparr shows a customer an AK-47 style rifle at Freddie Bear Sports sporting goods store on Dec. 17 in Tinley Park, Ill. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. Did you know the Affordable Care Act stands up for gun… Continue reading
Dec 28 How Health Reform Could Change Your Coverage in 2013 By Jason Kane EmbedVideo(5330, 482, 304); It's been a big year for the Affordable Care Act, a year filled with everything from a narrow victory in the Supreme Court to the re-election of a president who vows to implement the… Continue reading
Dec 25 Watch Are Annual Mammograms Necessary? Physicians Debate Tool’s Prevention Capability Are Annual Mammograms Necessary? Physicians Debate Tool's Prevention Capability… Continue watching
Dec 13 What’s the Best Way to Control Medicare Costs? By Kaiser Health News The NewsHour's partner, Kaiser Health News, asked a range of health policy experts the following question: If you could make only one change to Medicare to control costs, what would it be and why? Edited excerpts of their answers… Continue reading
Dec 06 How the ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Could Impact Health Care By mcarey The impending "fiscal cliff" is a package of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes set to kick in next month unless President Barack Obama and Capitol Hill agree on a way to stop them. Negotiations to avert the cuts are… Continue reading
Nov 20 New Health Reform Rules Revealed by Obama Administration By Julie Appleby President Barack Obama's signature on the health care reform law at the White House in 2010. This story was written by Julie Appleby, Jay Hancock and Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News. Long-awaited details on how insurers can… Continue reading
Nov 16 Map: Is Your State Building A Health Exchange? By Kaiser Health News Map by Justin Myers… Continue reading
Nov 15 Health Reform Deadline Looms for States By Phil Galewitz With a federal deadline looming Friday, eight states remained undecided about whether to build state-based online insurance markets designed to help millions of people buy health coverage starting next October. Still wrestling with the decision as of midday Thursday were… Continue reading