Sen. Charles E. Grassley Discusses Prospects For Health Legislation
In an interview with KHN, Grassley talks about the impact of town hall meetings on bipartisan negotiations.
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Nurses, Once in High Demand, Face Job Shortages
As economic conditions force a tighter job market, new nurses find it's harder than ever to land their dream job-or any job, for that matter. It's especially difficult in metropolitan areas.
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Doctors Disagree About Effectiveness, Cost Of Stents
For policymakers to cut medical spending, they must persuade doctors that some procedures are unnecessary. A friendly debate between two cardiologists over using stents to unclog arteries shows how hard it may be to achieve that consensus. This story comes from our partner NPR News.
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Opinion Column
The Health Reform Bills Would Be Great For the Business Of Health Care
From the looks of these health care bills, this "health care reform" thing will be great for business! But as far as "bending the curve" and beginning to make our health care system any more affordable or sustainable-or any less of a burden on patients and taxpayers-I can't find it.
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Recalling Kennedy: Health Care Players Reflect on His Career
People who knew and worked with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy discuss his efforts to promote major change in the U.S. health care system.
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Kennedy Biographer Adam Clymer: Kennedy Shaped Obama’s Health Agenda
Adam Clymer is the author of a remarkable biography, "Edward M. Kennedy," which captures the sweep and breadth of the senator's remarkable half century of public service. KHN's Eric Pianin talked with Clymer about Sen. Kennedy.
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Sen. Enzi Plays Crucial Role Negotiating Health Care
Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. represents the smallest state in population but he has a big role to play in the negotiations to overhaul health care. Enzi is one of the "gang of six" senators crafting the Senate's health care bill. He says he won't vote for any measure that can't get the support of 75 to 80 senators. This story comes from our partner NPR News
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Checking In With T.R. Reid: ‘It Doesn’t Have To Be Single Payer’
Journalist and author T.R. Reid traveled the world in search of a better health care system -- and help for his sore shoulder. He talks about his journey in a new book -- The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care -- with KFF Health News's Laurie McGinley.
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Checking In With T.R. Reid
Journalist and author T.R. Reid traveled the world in search of a better health care system -- and help for his sore shoulder. He talks about his journey in a new book -- The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care -- with KHN's Laurie McGinley.
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A Conversation With Kennedy Biographer Adam Clymer
KHN's Eric Pianin talks with author and former New York Times congressional correspondent Adam Clymer about the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and his legacy of federal health care legislation and reform.
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Should The Homeless Be In Medicaid?
Most homeless people lack insurance and rely on the emergency room and government-funded clinics for treatment. Advocates say the existing system is inadequate as well as expensive for taxpayers, and that expanding Medicaid to include the homeless is a better option. This story comes from our partner NPR News
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Children’s Advocates Fear Health Reform Could Undermine CHIP
Proposals to move disadvantaged youngsters from the Children's Health Insurance Program to health exchanges raise concerns that benefits would be reduced.
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Transcript: Health On The Hill – August 24, 2009
A bipartisan group of Senate Finance Committee members continues its negotiations on a bipartisan health care package while some Democrats want the party to push its own package if those negotiations fail.
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Health On The Hill – August 24, 2009
A bipartisan group of Senate Finance Committee members continues its negotiations on a bipartisan health care package while some Democrats want the party to push its own package if those negotiations fail.
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Transcript: Quick Takes On The Ad Wars
Jackie Judd talks with KHN's Jordan Rau about the advertising blizzard surrounding the health care debate. Tens of millions of dollars have already been spent supporting and attacking efforts by President Barack Obama and Congress to overhaul the nation's medical system, with the ads running in the capital and the districts of key lawmakers.
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Checking In With Victor Fuchs
Victor Fuchs, a longtime health economist, expresses disappointment about President Barack Obama's handling of the health overhaul debate. For one thing, he says, some things touted as cost savers, like prevention, won't actually save money.
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Ad Audit: Allies Of Obama Try To Ease Jitters About Health Care Changes
The drug industry, physicians' lobby and some backers of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul argue that the changes Congress is considering will make the health care system more stable and affordable. But the ad promises more certainty about the future than Congress is likely to be able to ensure.
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Ad Audit: Quick Takes On The Ad Wars
Jackie Judd talks with KHN's Jordan Rau about the advertising blizzard surrounding the health care debate. Tens of millions of dollars have already been spent supporting and attacking efforts by President Barack Obama and Congress to overhaul the nation's medical system, with the ads running in the capital and the districts of key lawmakers.
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Opinion Column
Obama’s Focus on Cost Offered Critics Many Targets
The pundits are busy filing their reports on how President Obama blew it on health care reform. And while the health care fight is far from over--I remain convinced the Democrats will pass a bill, maybe even a good one--the pundits have a point.
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Is Grassley Abandoning Bipartisan Health Bill?
Republican Sen. Charles Grassley's evolution - from legislator once complimented by President Obama for his willingness to work across the aisle to one of the president's critics on health care - is a sign that the chances for passing a bipartisan health care bill have all but disintegrated. This story comes from our partner NPR News