Jun 19 What's at Stake for Women as Supreme Court Weighs Health Reform? By Julie Appleby Demonstrators for and against the health care reform law march outside the U.S. Supreme Court building on the morning of one of the hearings in March. A provision in the 2010 health care law requiring contraceptive coverage for women without… Continue reading
Jun 18 What's at Stake for Patients as Supreme Court Weighs Health Reform? By Jordan Rau Since the health care law passed two years ago, government, states, insurers, doctors and hospitals have been building a complex scaffolding to extend insurance to 30 million more Americans. A U.S. Supreme Court decision expected later this month could eliminate… Continue reading
Jun 15 A Consumer's Guide to the Health Care Reform Law By mcarey A Supreme Court decision is expected within the next two weeks on challenges to the 2010 federal health law. Parts of the law have already been implemented but the bulk of it won't take effect until 2014. Here's a look… Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 6:42 'We Were Here' Revisits San Francisco's AIDS Epidemic of Early '80s 'We Were Here' Revisits San Francisco's AIDS Epidemic of Early '80s… Continue watching
Jun 13 Report: Health Spending Will Climb To Nearly One-Fifth Of GDP By ctorres National health spending will account for nearly one-fifth of the U.S. economy in 2021, according to updated estimates from the federal government. Actuaries from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported their annual projections in the journal Health Affairs… Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch 'Good for Health': Some Reforms Will Stay Regardless of Supreme Court Decision 'Good for Health': Some Reforms Will Stay Regardless of Supreme Court Decision… Continue watching
Jun 08 Health Care Reform: The Comic Book By Betty Ann Bowser // When you think about what makes for good material for comic books and graphic novels, the much-debated and heavily-contested federal health reform law is not necessarily the subject matter you would think of. And Jonathan Gruber, an economist and… Continue reading
Jun 08 Watch In El Salvador, Tooth Decay Epidemic Blamed on Junk Food, Lack of Information From El Salvador, graduates of the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism -- producer Roberto Daza and correspondent Carl Nasman -- report on an epidemic of tooth decay across the countryside, blamed largely on junk food, soda and a lack of… Continue watching
May 02 Health Reform on the Brink: Mixed Feelings in Maine By Jason Kane Editor's Note: This story is part of a series profiling the views of ordinary Americans and their experiences -- good, bad or indifferent -- with the health care reform law. To capture the essence of the opinions expressed, the stories… Continue reading
Apr 26 Millions Expected To Receive Insurance Rebates Totaling $1.3 Billion By Julie Appleby Millions of consumers and small businesses will receive an estimated $1.3 billion in rebates from their health plans this summer under a provision of the health care law that effectively limits what insurers can charge for administration and profits,… Continue reading