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As part of the series, "Are You Covered?" KHN and NPR profile Audrey Bernfield, 71, a two-time breast cancer survivor. When her cancer returned, her Medicare coverage enabled her to choose her own doctors, move closer to her family and get the best treatments for her situation. She says she prefers Medicare over a private insurer. Medicare Coverage Explained | Video Profile
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.
Democrats are considering their options for a less ambitious overhaul plan, including a new proposal from Sen. Max Baucus. Meanwhile, President Obama is planning his address to Congress, in which he is expected to propose specific refinements to the current bills.
The real challenge for long-term care reform remains indifference, rather than outright opposition.
Proposals to move disadvantaged youngsters from the Children's Health Insurance Program to health exchanges raise concerns that benefits would be reduced.
If there is any hope of passing a bipartisan health care bill in the Senate, it may well lie with a key group of senators known as the Gang of Six. Three Democrats and three Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee have continued to work on a compromise health care bill through Congress' summer recess. This story comes from our partner NPR News.
President Obama signaled in his nationally televised speech last night that there is some flexibility in his commitment to a government-run insurance plan, providing an opening for Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe's idea for holding the public option in reserve.
The Healthy San Francisco Plan, the city's public health plan for the uninsured, has many of the elements currently under consideration in Washington, D.C. It was proposed as a stopgap measure until Congress moved ahead with universal coverage. Now, it's being heralded as a public option that works and a model for reform.
The White House released a transcript of President Obama's remarks to a rally at the University of Maryland. He encourages the enthusiastic crowd to support his health care proposal.
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
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
In the mid-1970s, an unconventional researcher named Jack Wennberg discovered an unusually high rate of hysterectomies in Lewiston, Maine. That was just one of a series of studies that led to a very surprising conclusion about health care: a large portion of the medical care Americans get is unnecessary.
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey and Eric Pianin discuss health care reform legislation prior to President Obama's speech before a joint session of Congress on Wednesday evening.
For nearly a decade, the two Senate Finance Committee leaders have found ways to bridge partisan divides to shape dozens of bills. But their partnership is being severely tested on a health care overhaul plan.
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
Part of the effort to cut health spending aims at Medicare Advantage programs, which often offer benefits that go beyond traditional Medicare. But Obama says they are unfair and inefficient.
An anti-tax group goes after Democratic health reform proposals, alleging they would lead to rationing and crushing government deficits. But the campaign includes some dubious comparisons with the British health system, and the group's recommended solutions are open to question.
An anti-tax group goes after Democratic health reform proposals, alleging they would lead to rationing and crushing government deficits. But the campaign includes some dubious comparisons with the British health system, and the group's recommended solutions are open to question.
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.
Physicians, while disputing the charges of plans for euthanasia, say the debate on what is in the House health bill on end-of-life care could help focus attention on an underfunded service.
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