Sep 17 Watch For Young Americans, Health Insurance is Often Elusive President Obama took his health reform call to young people Thursday with a speech at the University of Maryland. Kwame Holman reports on the challenges faced by the more than 10 million Americans between the ages of 19 and 26… Continue watching
Sep 16 Baucus Unveils $856 Billion Health Reform Plan Sen. Max Baucus unveiled the long-awaited Senate Finance Committee version of health care reform Wednesday. The $856 billion plan trims more than $100 billion from the versions of health reform passed by other congressional committees this summer. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch Baucus Health Plan Hits Opposition From Both Parties Sen. Max Baucus unveiled his committee's health care plan on Wednesday. Republicans complained the plan would cut Medicare, while Democrats opposed the exclusion of a public option. Betty Ann Bowser reports. Continue watching
Sep 14 Baucus: Senate Health-care Bill Costs Less than $880 Billion By Lea Winerman Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said Monday that the committee is on track to unveil a formal health care reform proposal this week, possibly as early as Tuesday. Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch Public Voices on Obama’s Health Care Address Spencer Michels gets reactions from the public to President Obama's health care speech. Continue watching
Sep 10 Presidential Heckling Quite Rare, Historian Says South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson's interruption of President Obama's address to Congress Wednesday night was a rare instance of presidential heckling, but it was not the first. Historian Richard Norton Smith discusses past instances and the context. Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch Obama Seizes on Momentum From Wednesday’s Health Care Speech Building on momentum from Wednesday's address to Congress, President Obama pressed ahead with health care agenda. Kwame Holman reports. Continue watching
Sep 10 Bloggers, Columnists React to Obama Speech The word on President Barack Obama's address to Congress from bloggers across the political spectrum was that many thought he did an effective job of communicating his health reform plans -- although he offered relatively few new specifics. Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch Congress Reacts to President Obama’s Speech Judy Woodruff speaks with members of Congress about their responses to President Obama's address. Continue watching
Sep 09 Obama Says Time Is Now for Health Reform By Lea Winerman President Barack Obama sought to call Congress and the American public to action Wednesday night, in a prime-time speech aimed at resetting the terms of the debate over health care reform. Continue reading