Feb 28 Watch President Obama Shifts on Health Care Reform Law for States Kathleen Sebelius and Sen. Orrin Hatch discuss the president's compromise on health care. Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch Sebelius: Health Reform Misinformation Persists; Medicare Solvency Now Stronger With more measures from the health care reform law set to take effect, more states are filing legal challenges as well. Judy Woodruff talks to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for more on the latest health care reform… Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch White House Pushes Insurers to Cooperate on Reforms The Obama administration is continuing to pressure the health insurance industry for cooperation as it tries to pass health care reform. Jim Lehrer gets two views on the health reform debate from the insurance industry and a leading reform advocate. Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch News Wrap: Texas Plane Crash Being Investigated In other news, a small plane that crashed into a building in Austin, Texas, is being investigated as a possible suicide attack. Also, NATO forces continued their fight against the Taliban resistance in southern Afghanistan with growing concern over sniper… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch Health Reform Advocates Target Insurance Rate Hikes Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield announced they will delay premium hikes for consumers in California's individual insurance market, but reform advocates hope the backlash over the proposed 39 percent rate hike will push Congress to take action? Betty Ann Bowser… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch Other News: Obama Expands Hate Crimes Law In other news, President Obama signed an expansion of the federal hate crimes law, and new home sales fell unexpectedly by 3.6 percent in September. Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch Chaos in Clinics Over H1N1 Vaccine Shortage Throughout the nation, concern over a possible H1N1 vaccine shortage is causing chaos at hospitals. Betty Ann Bower visits a clinic in Maryland for more. Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch Medicare Set for Big Cuts Under Overhaul Plans Depending on which, if any, health care reform plan passes through Congress, Medicare faces cuts as high as $500 billion. But what would cuts entail? Gwen Ifill reports. Continue watching
Aug 18 Watch Aetna CEO: Public Insurance Option ‘Wrong Way to Go’ Efforts to overhaul the health care system would be damaged by creating a public option to compete with private insurers, Ron Williams, chief executive of Aetna Inc., the nation's third-largest health insurer, tells Judy Woodruff. Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch White House Signals Shift Away from Public Plan After weeks of criticism at town halls across the nation, the Obama administration signaled on Sunday it is open to dropping a public insurance option from any health care legislation. Despite likely backlash from liberals, the administration now appears focused… Continue watching