Feb 04 After SCHIP Bill Signing, Major Health Challenges Will Persist for Kids By PBS News Hour After a long, uphill battle and two presidential vetoes, a bill extending health coverage to millions of low-income children was signed into law by President Barack Obama Wednesday. Continue reading
Jan 30 Senate Passes SCHIP Bill in Party-line Vote By Admin, PBS News Hour The Senate on Thursday approved legislation to provide health insurance coverage to about 4 million uninsured children. The measure passed 66-32 in a vote split mostly along party lines. Continue reading
Jan 13 Can We Really Compare Today’s Unemployment Numbers With Those During the Great Depresssion? Question/Comment: After the rebroadcast of your interview with Robert Solow I had a discussion with my daughter, who is a high school junior. She noted that Solow mentioned the unemployment rate in the Great Depression was 25 to 30… Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch Even Insured Patients Struggle as Health Care Costs Rise As health insurance premiums and deductibles rise, even patients with health insurance are finding it difficult to keep up with escalating costs. Betty Ann Bowser reports on the challenges facing the "underinsured" in Nashville, Tenn. Continue watching
Dec 08 Could You Help Me Understand Credit Default Swap in Terms of Purchasing a Car? Question/Comment: The lease is up on my Lexus and I inquired about buying it. Lexus financial said that I’d have to pay the residual value from the lease. That amount is $10,000 over market value. It was later explained to… Continue reading
Nov 20 Watch In Weak Economy, Obama May Face Obstacles to Health Care Reform During his campaign for the White House, President-elect Barack Obama proposed lowering health care costs and helping the uninsured. Now he faces the tough task of implementing such reforms. Analysts examine the road ahead for health care initatives. Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch Candidates’ Representatives Discuss Merits of Health Care Plans for N.M., Nation Judy Woodruff digs deeper into the health care issue in New Mexico, speaking with the campaigns' state representatives to explain how their respective health plans will better deal with current needs. Continue watching
Oct 11 Isn’t much of the $55 trillion dollar market made up of hedge funds and other institutions betting that bonds and other debt products fail? Question/Comment: I watched your piece on credit default swaps, which was illuminating but I think missed one point. Isn’t much of the $55 trillion dollar market made up of hedge funds and other institutions betting that bonds and other debt… Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch Global Credit Crunch Takes Toll on State Economies Wall Street's credit freeze sparked a global economic crisis and forced U.S. cities and states to tighten their budgets. Elizabeth Brackett reports from Illinois about the state's financial woes then Chris Hoene of the National League of Cities explains the… Continue watching
Oct 08 Are there really $64 trillion of bad mortgages out there? Question/Comment: You mentioned in your report that there are $64 trillion in CD swaps out there. AIG only had a few hundred billion. Who has the rest? Are there really $64 trillion of… Continue reading