Latest KFF Health News Stories
Health On The Hill – June 29, 2009
Today, we feature a reporter roundtable with Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News, Julie Rovner of National Public Radio and Jeffrey Young of The Hill.
Health On The Hill – July 6, 2009
Mary Agnes Carey of KHN, Carrie Budoff Brown of Politico and the Hill’s Jeffrey Young discuss details of health overhaul bills in the House and Senate as Congress pushes towards having legislation on the floor before the August recess.
President Obama’s Remarks On Health Care During June 23 Press Conference
In an afternoon news conference, President Barack Obama pushed hard for a government-run public insurance plan, but indicated it’s not a make-or-break requirement for health overhaul legislation. These video excerpts are courtesy of C-SPAN.
Health On The Hill — June 22, 2009
Kaiser Health News’ Mary Agnes Carey discusses recent and upcoming activities on the Hill — part of a weekly series of video reports.
Bartering For Health Care Rises
When people in Floyd County, Va., visit Dr. Susan Osborne, they can pay for their medicals exam with vegetables, lessons, carpentry services as well as cash. Bartering is a way of life in the rural area, Dr. Osborne says: “It just gives people another avenue to have health care.”
President Barack Obama urged doctors to support a health care overhaul when he spoke to the annual meeting of the American Medical Association today in Chicago. Video courtesy of C-SPAN.
Health On The Hill — June 15, 2009
Kaiser Health News’ Mary Agnes Carey discusses recent and upcoming activities on the Hill — part of a weekly series of video reports.
Health On The Hill — June 8, 2009
Kaiser Health News’ Mary Agnes Carey discusses recent and upcoming activities on the Hill — part of a weekly series of video reports.
Health On The Hill — May 29, 2009
Kaiser Health News’ Mary Agnes Carey discusses upcoming and recent activities on Capitol Hill.
Family Budgets and Health Care: One Couple’s Story
Sixty-year-old Ron Gaston was a shipping and receiving clerk in Wichita, Kansas, who earned about $30,000 a year.
This documentary explores the severe challenges cancer patients can face in paying for their health care even when they have private health insurance.
Health Care Reform Newsmaker Series: Sen. Max Baucus
This webcast features Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., at a Health Care Reform Newsmaker media briefing sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Families USA and the National Federation of Independent Business.
Health Care Reform Newsmaker Series: Sen. Orrin Hatch
This May 7, 2009 webcast features Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), senior member of the Senate Committee on Finance, and ranking Republican on the panel’s Subcommittee on Health Care.
Health Care Reform Newsmaker Series: Sen. Chris Dodd
Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee at a newsmaker briefing sponsored by the National Federal of Independent Business, Families USA and the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Health Care Reform Newsmaker Series: Nancy-Ann DeParle
Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform, appeared as the third guest in a series of Health Care Reform newsmaker briefings sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Families USA and the National Federation of Independent Business.
Health Care Reform Newsmaker Series: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking Republican member of the Senate Committee on Finance, appeared as the first guest in a new series of Health Care Reform newsmaker briefings sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Families USA and the National Federation of Independent Business.
Health Care Reform Newsmaker Series: Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.)
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, appeared as the first guest in a new series of Health Care Reform newsmaker briefings sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Families USA and the National Federation of Independent Business.
