May 18 Bahrain Government’s Confidence May Be Misplaced By Margaret Warner MANAMA -- In an interview conducted Tuesday night with little advance notice, Bahrain's foreign minister, Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, was indirect but clear: However grateful the Bahraini monarchy is for U.S. support in its current crisis, it isn't… Continue reading
May 10 Appeals Court Hears Virginia Health Care Reform Challenges By Sarah Clune Updated 5:30 p.m. ET | The federal appeals panel heard more than two hours of arguments Tuesday in the two Virginia lawsuits challenging the new health care reform law. The first case up was Liberty University's, argued by attorney Mathew… Continue reading
May 06 New Plan Aims to Shift How Hospitals Are Paid for Medicare Patients By Betty Ann Bowser The federal government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is finalizing a new reimbursement plan that will determine how hospitals get paid to take care of Medicare patients. The proposed rule calls for something called "value based purchasing," which… Continue reading
May 04 House Votes to Cut Funding for State Health Insurance Exchanges By Sarah Clune House Republicans advanced their latest bill to dismantle the new health care law, with a Tuesday night vote to defund state health insurance exchanges. And while it's unlikely to pass the Senate any time soon, it's part of a… Continue reading
May 03 Accountable Care Organizations in Health Reform Decoded By Betty Ann Bowser Anybody who's got more than one medical condition knows the drill. You go to the cardiologist with a heart problem. You go to the orthopedic surgeon if your back hurts. You find an oncologist if you need chemotherapy. They all… Continue reading
Apr 21 Watch AP Photojournalist Documents ‘Horror Show,’ Aftermath of Gulf Coast Oil Spill Associated Press photographer Gerald Herbert's work captured the environmental and personal toll of the Deepwater Horizen oil spill along the Gulf Coast. Herbert narrates a slide show of his images from the spill's early days and the subsequent struggle to… Continue watching
Mar 31 Medicare Rules Will Guide Hospitals, Doctors Toward More Cooperation By Lea Winerman Medicare will encourage doctors, hospitals and other health care providers to team up to provide more coordinated care for patients, according to federal guidelines released Thursday. The new draft regulations, which are part of the health care reform law, lay… Continue reading
Mar 30 How Healthy Is Your County? A Few Miles Can Make a Big Difference By Dante Chinni What difference can a few miles make? It may be the difference between living a healthy life and struggling against a sea of health problems, according to a new study that ranks the relative health of counties. The study… Continue reading
Mar 21 One Year Into Health Reform, What Do You Want to Know? By Lea Winerman Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of health care reform -- and, it seems, Americans are as confused as ever about the law. A recent Kaiser Family Foundation survey PDF found that 52 percent of people say they don't… Continue reading
Mar 10 Watch Reps. Ellison, McCaul Weigh Radicalization Concerns Against Singling Out Islam Margaret Warner talks to Homeland Security committee member Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim member of Congress, about Thursday's controversial hearing about the radicalization of Muslims within the United States. Continue watching