Feb 13 How Undocumented Immigrants Sometimes Receive Medicaid Treatment By Phil Galewitz Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images. During the debate over the 2010 federal health care overhaul, Democrats promised that illegal immigrants wouldn't be among the 27 million people who'd gain coverage. President Barack Obama repeated that pledge last month when… Continue reading
Feb 01 Contraception Rule Revised by Obama Administration By Jenny Gold After a year of lawsuits and public outcry, the Obama administration proposed Friday a way for women who work at nonprofit religious institutions to get free birth control without requiring their employers to pay for it. Instead, institutions… Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch Talking Robots Play Part in Therapeutic Treatment for People With Special Needs Talking Robots Play Part in Therapeutic Treatment for People With Special Needs… Continue watching
Jan 09 Americans Far Less Healthy, Die Younger Than Global Peers, Study Finds Americans die sooner and experience unhealthier lives than residents in other high-income countries even though the United States spends far more on health care, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Academy of Sciences. This health… Continue reading
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