Jun 24 Study: Public Plan Would Save Money By PBS News Hour Overhauling the U.S. health care system could save the country about $3 trillion over the next 10 years, according to a study released Wednesday by the Commonwealth Fund. Continue reading
Jun 22 Pharmaceutical Companies Offer $80 Billion Toward Health Care Reform By Admin, PBS News Hour The U.S. pharmaceutical industry agreed Saturday to spend $80 billion over the next 10 years to reduce drug costs for seniors and help pay for President Barack Obama's proposed health care reform plan. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch Health Care Debate May Hinge on Public Insurance Option House Democrats unveiled a draft health care reform bill Friday that includes a "public option" -- a government-run health insurance plan that would compete with private insurers. Betty Ann Bowser examines the debate over the public insurance concept. Continue watching
Jun 08 How Do the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds Work? Question: How do the Social Security and Medicare trust funds work? My understanding is that there is no money there, so that general government revenues have to be tapped to answer calls on them. Thus they are insolvent now? Paul… Continue reading
Jun 08 Health Care Reform Tops Obama's Priority List By Admin, PBS News Hour With Congress poised to debate sweeping health care legislation in the coming weeks, President Barack Obama has renewed his focus on health care reform as a top administration priority. Continue reading
May 26 Watch Community Health Care Centers Benefit From Stimulus Two billion dollars in federal stimulus funds have been set aside for nearly 1,200 community health care centers around the country that treat mostly poor and uninsured patients. Betty Ann Bowser reports on how the influx of money has affected… Continue watching
May 12 Watch Sebelius Assesses Prospects for Medicare's Money Problems, Health Care Reform Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius explains how the Obama administration is approaching its plans to reform the health care system and address Medicare's mounting funding woes. Continue watching
May 12 Watch Recession Impacts Social Security, Medicare; U.S. Soldier Charged With Murder In the day's top news headlines, new reports show the recession has cut into the Social Security and Medicare benefit programs, and a U.S. soldier accused of killing five comrades in Iraq was charged with murder. Continue watching
May 12 Social Security, Medicare Weakened by Recession By Admin, PBS News Hour The financial health of Social Security and Medicare, the government's two biggest benefit programs, has eroded amid the deep economic recession, according to reports released Tuesday. Continue reading
Apr 15 Public Insurance Concept May Prove Sticking Point in Health Care Reform By PBS News Hour As the outlines of a health care reform package begin to emerge in Washington, one of the central dividing lines is quickly taking shape: whether the government will create a public insurance plan that would compete with private insurers. Continue reading