Oct 29 Watch House Health Care Bill Features Public Option Compromise House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled an $894 billion health care reform bill Thursday that would expand insurance coverage to as many as 36 million people. In a nod to moderates, the plan includes a public option in which rates are… 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
Sep 25 Health Bill Takes Shape in Senate Committee as Debate Continues This week, the Senate Finance Committee took up its long-awaited health care reform bill. NewsHour health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser gives an update on the week's news from Capitol Hill. Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch News Wrap: Afghan Man Indicted for U.S. Terror Plot In other news, an Afghan immigrant was indicted Thursday in New York for allegedly plotting to detonate bombs in the U.S., and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick named Paul Kirk to fill the senate seat left vacant by the death of… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch News Wrap: General to Seek More Troops for Afghan War In other news, General McChrystal will send a formal request to the White House asking for additional troops in Afghanistan, and a death was reported in Honduran clashes following deposed President Manuel Zelaya's return. Continue watching
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 08 Watch Ahead of Obama Speech, Health Reform Debate Renewed in Congress New health care proposals were discussed Tuesday as Congress returned to Capitol Hill after its August recess. Betty Ann Bowser reports. Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch Surgeon Gawande Seeks More 'Rational Care' in Medicine In a continuing series of conversations with key players in the health care debate, Ray Suarez speaks with surgeon and writer Atul Gawande about spreading the concept of "rational care" in medicine. Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch The Case Against the Public Insurance Option In the latest in a series of conversations with key players in the health care debate, Jeffrey Brown speaks with Robert Laszewski, president of the consulting firm Health Policy and Strategy Associates and opponent of a public insurance option. Continue watching
Sep 02 Pfizer Settles $2.3 Billion Suit for Illegal Marketing The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that drugmaker Pfizer will pay the government $2.3 billion for illegally marketing the anti-inflammatory drug Bextra, the largest health care lawsuit settlement in the department's history. Continue reading