Mar 05 Watch On Heels of Sequester, Lawmakers Move to Prevent Government Shutdown On Heels of Sequester, Lawmakers Move to Prevent Government Shutdown… Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez Dead at 58 After Long Battle With Cancer Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez Dead at 58 After Long Battle With Cancer… Continue watching
Mar 05 What the Sequester Means for Science A lab technician pipettes liquid into test tubes. Photo by Photo by Apostrophe Productions. Scientists nationwide are bracing for the impacts of the sequestration cuts, which are poised to strike a fierce blow to research. Policymakers aren't the… Continue reading
Mar 05 Virginia’s Ken Cuccinelli on How to Manage Medicare EmbedVideo(5904, 482, 304); "It doesn't have to be the way it is today," Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli told Judy Woodruff earlier this week, referring to the country's entitlement programs. Cuccinelli, the leading Republican candidate in Virginia's gubernatorial… Continue reading
Mar 05 Parties Look to Budget Battles with Sequestration a Reality By Christina Bellantoni President Barack Obama met with his Cabinet at the White House Monday. The president and Congress remain locked in stalled budget negotiations as the effect of the sequestration begin to impact the U.S. economy. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images With… Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch President Obama Nominates Candidates for Energy and Environmental Team President Obama Nominates Three Candidates for Energy and Environmental Team… Continue watching
Mar 04 Finding a Doctor Who Accepts Medicare EmbedVideo(5881, 482, 304); Endless searching. Repeated rejection. Trips to the emergency room when all else fails. The horror stories are familiar to seniors who can't find a new primary care doctor willing to accept their Medicare coverage. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch Access to Doctors Shrinks for Some Medicare Patients It's getting harder and harder for some seniors to find a primary care physician. Ray Suarez reports on why the threat of massive cuts to Medicare reimbursement rates has left some doctors so worried that they've decided to stop taking… Continue watching
Mar 04 Why Is It So Hard To Fix Pay for Doctors Taking Medicare Patients? Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images While physicians have sidestepped drastic Medicare payment cuts for 2013, doctors' groups and lawmakers are gearing up for yet another battle to scrap the formula that forces Congress to consider the "doc fix"… Continue reading
Mar 04 Struck By a Turtle? Crushed By a Merchant Ship? There’s a Code for That Struck by a turtle lately? No? Then surely you've been smacked by a raccoon, chicken ... or at the very least, a nonvenomous lizard. Well, regardless, starting in 2014, your doctor will be prepared when animals, lightning, or even… Continue reading