Oct 01 Primer: How Will The Election Change Medicaid? By Phil Galewitz Protestors carry signs as they demonstrate against proposed cuts to Medicaid programs outside San Francisco city hall on Sept. 21, 2011. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The future of Medicaid -- the state-federal workhorse of the nation's health system that… Continue reading
Sep 27 A Future Without AIDS? Global Health Leaders Point to Education, Prevention By Ray Suarez Watch a replay of Ray Suarez at Columbia University moderating a panel of global health leaders as they discuss the future of combating AIDS. If you're old enough, you can remember when you first heard about a disease, or a… Continue reading
Sep 26 Global Health Leaders Have Vision for World Without AIDS By Ray Suarez Watch Ray Suarez moderate a panel of global health leaders as they discuss the future of combating AIDS. A live stream will be available here from noon to 1:30 p.m. ET Thursday. Thursday in New York, the ICAP at the… Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch A PBS Documentary Asks Why is U.S. Health Care So Expensive? Ray Suarez talks with Roger Weisberg, the director of the film, "Money and Medicine."… Continue watching
Sep 21 Would Medicare Competition Help Contain Costs? By Julie Appleby Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire in August. Photo by Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe via Getty Images. This story was written by Julie Appleby and Marilyn Werber Serafini of Kaiser… Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch Parsing the Numbers on Income, Poverty and Insurance from Latest U.S. Census Parsing the Numbers on Income, Poverty and Insurance from Latest U.S. Census… Continue watching
Sep 12 More Americans Insured: What’s Behind the Numbers? By Jason Kane For the first time in four years, the number of Americans without health insurance dropped in 2011. According to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau, about 48.6 million people were uninsured last year, down from… Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch Making Sen$e of Health Care: Competing Claims on Campaign Trail About Reform Making Sen$e of Health Care: Competing Claims on Campaign Trail About Reform… Continue watching
Sep 11 Health Premiums Rising More Slowly in Sluggish Economy, Study Finds By Julie Appleby Health insurance premiums rose 4 percent for family coverage this year, well below last year's increase and half the 8 percent average of the previous decade -- largely because people used less health care in an uncertain economy. Family… Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch From the Halls of Worrall Elementary School, News by Students with Asperger’s News has an agenda at Worrall Elementary School in Broomall, Pa., where students with Asperger's syndrome 'go live' in their own broadcast each year. Their teachers say it's one of the best ways for students to learn to speak clearly,… Continue watching