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House Democratic leaders have been selling the health care bill -- now reported out by two of the three House committees to which it had been referred -- as costing "only" $1 trillion over a decade. But that's not really the whole story.
Transcript of President Obama's fifth news conference.
The White House previewed excerpts of President Obama's prepared opening remarks at tonight's news conference.
Even as Congress eyes Medicaid as an option to cover the uninsured, governors are expressing deep concerns about the expense and whether they would end up holding the bag. Alabama Medicaid Commissioner Carol Steckel says it would be "impossible" for states to handle the costs of expanding Medicaid.
Even as an overhaul of the nation's health care system gets bogged down in Congress, hospitals, doctors and administrators from around the country talk about how they have changed the way they operate to bolster health care in their home towns.
The Obama administration and Congress are moving forward with plans to evaluate various medical treatments for common health conditions. But how the government uses this comparative effectiveness research and how it might benefit - or complicate - medical decision-making are matters of some debate.
Rep. Mike Ross grew up in tiny Prescott, Ark., and knows well the problems of many residents who can't afford health care insurance and have trouble getting access to hospitals and doctors. Yet Ross, a leader of the Blue Dog Democrats, stands ready to try to block passage of a health care reform bill in the House that might help his constituents; he complains the bill doesn't adequately contain costs or help rural areas enough.
As chairman of the Blue Dog Democrats' health care reform task force, Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark. is pivotal in determining the final language of the bill, especially as it emerges from the House Energy and Commerce Committee. KFF Health News's Eric Pianin spoke with Ross at his office in the Rayburn House Office Building, July 16, 2009 about his district and health reform.
Healthy Economy Now is an "odd bedfellows" coalition -- increasingly common on the health care scene. This is the third ad the coalition has released in an ad buy that has totaled more than $12 million.
President Obama spoke about health reform at the Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee continues its consideration of health care overhaul legislation this week while Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., is still developing his panel's health care package. Meanwhile, President Obama is pressing lawmakers to keep the momentum going on health care and has scheduled several public appearances this week to discuss health care legislation.
Today, Kaiser Health News' Mary Agnes Carey and Eric Pianin, join Jackie Judd to discuss the busy week ahead for Congress and health reform.
The White House is fighting back against accusations that the health care overhaul bills moving through Congress would actually increase health spending rather than save money over the long haul.
There are two separate problems that led to the shortage of health care workers to treat the elderly and disabled.
When talking about his vision for the U.S. health care system, President Barack Obama points to places like the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, which are known for providing high-quality, low-cost care.
Pediatrician Fitzhugh Mullan has been practicing public service medicine for more than 40 years. In a new essay in the journal Health Affairs, he calls on activists to resurrect "the fire of the Civil Rights movement" in their quest for universal health care.
Pediatrician Fitzhugh Mullan has been practicing public service medicine for more than 40 years. In a new essay in the journal Health Affairs, he calls on activists to resurrect "the fire of the Civil Rights movement" in their quest for universal health care.
President Barack Obama delivered remarks from the White House on health reform.
President Barack Obama delivered remarks from the White House on health reform. He urged Congress not to postpone passing health care legislation.
Integrated health systems have won kudos for their performances from President Obama. But officials at the health systems say the health overhaul bills being debated in Congress don't reward them or encourage others to imitate them. They want lawmakers to move more aggressively to change the Medicare payment system to prod hospitals and doctors to provide better, less expensive care.
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