Jul 15 Watch President Obama: We Are Running Out of Time for a Debt Limit Deal President Obama spoke to reporters at the White House about ongoing debt limit talks. Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch What Changes Could Be in Store for Medicare, Medicaid? Hari Sreenivasan talks with Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News. Continue watching
Jun 20 Medicare Advisory Group Urges Closer Look at Costs for MRIs, CT Scans By Maureen Hoch With fresh attention on the powers of a new independent panel that will be created under the health reform law, there's been growing debate around a recommendation from an existing panel -- one calling for reduced payments and fewer MRIs. Continue reading
Jun 10 Health Reform Headlines: Legal, Messaging Battles In this week's roundup of the top health reform news, an appeals court considered the legality of the individual mandate, and Democrats and Republicans sparred over the meaning of fresh polls. Continue reading
May 27 Watch Shields, Brooks on Patriot Act, N.Y. Race Upset, Medicare Politics, Palin Tour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news, including the Patriot Act extension clearing Congress being signed by President Obama, the 2012 GOP presidential field and the Ryan Medicare plan's impact… Continue watching
May 25 Watch Republicans Get Wake-Up Call From New York House Race Upset Democrats hailed Kathy Hochul's upset victory Tuesday in a special U.S. House election in New York where Republicans hold a considerable voter-registration advantage. Political Editor David Chalian and Judy Woodruff discuss what role the Republican Medicare plan played and what… Continue watching
May 23 Watch From Campaign Trail to Capitol Hill, GOP Faces Questions on Medicare Plan Republicans continue to face questions about the party's plan to overhaul Medicare after former House Speaker Newt Gingrich charged that it amounted to "right-wing social engineering" last week, but later changed his stance. Congressional correspondent Kwame Holman reports on the… Continue watching
May 23 Watch Political Checklist: GOP Field Clearer with Pawlenty In, Daniels Out Gwen Ifill and David Chalian explore what we know about the GOP field for 2012. Continue watching
May 20 Watch Gingrich Campaign Suffers Setbacks as GOP's 2012 Field Sees Topsy-Turvy Week In a week that was supposed to be about bolstering his presidential campaign, Newt Gingrich outraged many Republicans when he dismissed Rep. Paul Ryan's proposal to reform Medicare in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press." Ray Suarez reports on… Continue watching
May 17 Watch As GOP Field Takes Shape, Gingrich on Defensive Over Medicare Remarks The GOP's 2012 presidential nomination battle shifted once again Monday when former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who hasn't officially entered the race, announced he'd raised $10 million in one day. Political Editor David Chalian speaks with Gwen Ifill about the… Continue watching