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If denying important health services to women is the price of bipartisanship, then perhaps winning those one or two Republican votes in the Senate or holding on to some socially conservative Democrats isn't worth the price of jeopardizing women's health and well-being.
The recession has left a growing number of middle-income Americans without health insurance.
For more than two decades, David Nexon has had a voice in the health policy debate. Now, as senior executive vice president of Advanced Medical Technology Association, which represents the medical device manufacturers, he's working to ensure that any health care overhaul doesn't squash innovation.
Small business organizations are encouraging members to make their views about health overhaul proposals known through emails, letters, phone calls and personal visits to Capitol Hill. But small business, a powerful constituency in every congressional district, no longer speaks with one voice on health care.
President Obama has outsourced the writing of health care reform to Congress. What does that mean for the legislation?
Hospital officials today agreed to federal-payment cuts to help pay for a health care overhaul. They hope their concessions will build good will with the Obama administration and Democratic lawmakers. They're pressing for action on a host of other issues, including Medicaid reimbursements and funding for graduate medical education.
The Obama administration has endorsed a new government social insurance program that would help people put aside money to pay for the high costs of long-term care.
Alzheimer's is thought of as a disease of the elderly, but hundreds of thousands of cases are in men and women under 65. Because the disease makes it difficult to work, these people often lose their jobs - and their health insurance.
The hospital industry is nearing a deal with the White House and congressional Democrats to accept Medicare and Medicaid cuts. Such an agreement, coming on the heels of one with the drug industry, would increase momentum for overhauling the health care system by providing additional funds to finance the effort.
Largely ignored by lawmakers and administration officials, advocates of a government-run health system nevertheless are doggedly campaigning for a regime they say would be less expensive and more efficient-as well as morally superior-to the changes being debated in Congress.
Donna Smith is a cancer survivor whose personal experience with insurance has driven her to become a full-time advocate for a single-payer health system, which would replace private insurers with a single, tax-funded government program.
Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News, Carrie Budoff Brown of Politico and Jeffrey Young of The Hill discuss health care reform as Congress returns from its July 4th recess.
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.
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.
Political scientist Hacker, who created his signature idea for a public health insurance program a decade ago when he was a graduate student, describes it as an effective way to use market forces to expand coverage and bring down spiraling costs. Now, to his surprise, it has emerged as one of the most contentious issues in the health care debate.
Sen. Ted Kennedy's long-term care insurance proposal leaves an important question unanswered: How much would the the premium be?
While lawmakers are targeting rising costs and growing numbers of uninsured, a new crop of health care-focused documentaries offer a darker, more conspiratorial view: Powerful vested interests lusting for profits are responsible for the country's medical malaise.
Exclusive: The hospital industry is nearing a deal with the White House and congressional Democrats to accept Medicare and Medicaid cuts. Such an agreement, coming on the heels of one with the drug industry, would increase momentum for overhauling the health care system by providing additional funds to finance the effort.
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