Health Mar 04 Health Reform: Senate Passes 1099 Repeal, But Final Passage Not in Sight File under "even when we agree, we disagree." Perhaps the only aspect of health reform on which Republicans and Democrats concur is the "1099" provision -- both parties say they want to repeal the unpopular measure that would burden small…
Health Mar 02 Medicare Fraud Is ‘Incredibly Easy,’ Congress Hears Aghaegbune "Ike" Odelugo fraudulently billed Medicare for nearly $10 million worth of medical equipment between 2005 and 2008. On Wednesday, a repentant Odelugo spoke before a congressional subcommittee about how simple it was to commit his crime -- and…
Health Mar 01 Republican Governors: Reform Law will Cost too Much It's one of the central debates around health care reform -- in the end, will the reform law cost too much, or will it actually save money? On Tuesday, Republican lawmakers and governors argued that it will cost too…
Health Feb 23 D.C. Judge Upholds Health Reform Law as Cases Move Toward Supreme Court In the judicial back and forth over the health care reform law, the score is now three to two. On Tuesday, Federal District Court Judge Gladys Kessler of Washington, D.C. said that the law is constitutional. She tossed out…
Feb 22 Medicare Investigation Prompts Reflections on a Mother’s Care Last week, in the largest nationwide bust of its kind ever, more than 700 federal agents fanned out from Miami to Los Angeles and rounded up 111 doctors, nurses, physical therapists and health company executives in nine cities. It was… Continue reading
Feb 18 Health Reform Watch: House Votes to Defund Reform; Senate Hurdle Awaits House Votes to Defund Health Reform The House passed three amendments Friday that would block the government from spending money to implement the health reform law for the rest of this fiscal year. The amendments, which were attached to… Continue reading
Feb 17 As Ariz. Seeks Smaller Medicaid Rolls, Cash-Strapped States Look to Mimic This week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that Arizona could drop 250,000 childless adults from the state's Medicaid program. The decision is being watched closely in statehouses all over the country, where governors facing massive budget deficits… Continue reading
Jan 31 Florida Judge Strikes Down Obama Health Care Overhaul Updated 5:45 p.m. ET A federal judge in Florida became the first Monday to declare the new health care law - in its entirety - unconstitutional. It is the biggest challenge yet to the new law, with governors and… Continue reading
Jan 28 ‘Emperor of All Maladies’ Author Mukherjee Answers Your Questions After our conversation with Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee about his new book, "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer," Dr. Mukherjee offered to answer some questions submitted by NewsHour viewers. _pap_embeddable('news01s478cq103f',482,304,{ pap_usecache:true }); We received many… Continue reading