Health Care in America
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Commentary: Women's health and the Democrats
Democrats in the state house yesterday announced a package of proposed womens health care reforms. Jack Lessenberry, Michigan Radios political analyst, thinks this could be significant.
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Seeking Method Behind the Madness of Hospital Billing...
Different hospitals charge wildly different amounts for the same procedures, even in the same city. New data from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid shows a vast billing disparity between health care centers. Jeffrey Brown explores some striking examples and what these numbers mean with Barry Meier of The New York Times.
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Hospital Costs Go Public: What Changes In Health Care?
The federal government launched a database Wednesday that shows how much hospitals charge for the 100 most common procedures. The data reveals extreme variances in hospital billing. One hospital in Dallas, Texas charges $38,000 for treating pneumonia, while another charges over $14,000.
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5-07-13 Marketplace
Now that tax season is well over, we find out there's a proposal to raise taxes on airline tickets. How much do we already pay on taxes for goods and services? Health care costs are also on the rise, but at a slower rate than the past four years. We look at whether the recession is solely to blame or of there is more afoot. In money possibly not well spent, it turns out money slated for restoration on the Gulf by BP is not really being spent on things related to the oil spill at all.
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The Growing Demand For Home Health Aides (Rebroadcast)
An estimated 2.5 million people work as in-home health and personal aides for the elderly and disabled in this country. Tasks include helping with meals and bathing, light cleaning and companionship. These services can allow an elderly person to postpone or avoid costlier nursing home care. As baby boomers age, demand for this kind of care is projected to rise significantly. But in many states, in-home health care providers earn less than minimum wage and are not entitled to overtime. What...
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The Growing Demand For Home Health Aides
An estimated 2.5 million people work as in-home health and personal aides for the elderly and disabled in this country. Tasks include helping with meals and bathing, light cleaning and companionship. These services can allow an elderly person to postpone or avoid costlier nursing home care. As baby boomers age, demand for this kind of care is projected to rise significantly. But in many states, in-home health care providers earn less than minimum wage and are not entitled to overtime. What...
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Looking Ahead: The Future Of Health Care Policy
The country is about to undergo the largest transition of national health policy ever. In the first in a series of look-ahead conversations, NPR's health policy correspondent Julie Rovner discusses the changes already in effect and the complications and controversy to come.
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Catastrophic health care
Governor Rick Snyder announced last week a proposal to cap catastrophic car accident benefits at a million dollars. Michigan Radios political analyst Jack Lessenberry thinks this might not address the real problem.
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Cass Sunstein: "Simpler: The Future of Government"
From 2009 to 2012, Cass Sunstein was administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, known as OIRA. As President Obama's "regulatory czar," he oversaw nearly 2,000 new rules, from fuel efficiency standards and the redesign of the food pyramid to health care and Wall Street reform. In a new book, he says efforts to simplify and scale back regulation in the president's first term resulted in net benefits of $91.3 billion dollars in net benefits for the American public. He...
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WSJ Editors' Picks -- Diabetes Alert Day
WSJTM's Andrew Colton explores the important issues to consider on Diabetes Alert Day with Lurelean Gaines, president of Health Care & Education for the American Diabetes Association
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3-25-13 Marketplace
Banks are back at it -- giving out home loans with no down payments. But this time, it’s wealthy buyers taking out those high-interest loans. A shortage of doctors means increased opportunities for nurses and others in health care. Apple’s latest acquisition could change things for consumers and marketers alike in the world of indoor mapping. Soccer star David Beckham visited China last week to root out corruption from Chinese soccer, but he's already made a slip-up. We look at the economic...
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Amid Syria's Crisis, Mental Health Care For Refugees
There are now more than one million Syrians seeking refuge in camps and towns in neighboring Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey. Many arrive without access to basic amenities, such as adequate shelter and clean water. Over two years of conflict has also left them with the mental scars of war.
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50 Vetoes: How States Can Stop the Obama Health Care Law
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Examining the Expansion of Medicaid
Although the Supreme Court upheld most of the Affordable Care Act, it said states could choose whether to expand Medicaid. Supporters say doing so helps
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Competing Plans For The Federal Budget
Since 1921, the White House has been required to submit a budget. But this year marks the first time that Congress, not the president, will begin the budget process. Republican Congressman Paul Ryan offers his party's budget today. His plan cuts overall spending by nearly five trillion dollars and transforms Medicare and Medicaid. The Ryan budget would also repeal the new health care law. Senator Patty Murray will offer a Senate Democratic version tomorrow, which is expected to call for...
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Virginia Attorney General Criticizes Federal Government...
Judy Woodruff talks with Ken Cuccinelli, attorney general of Virginia and gubernatorial candidate in that state, about his new book, "The Last Line of Defense," which explores the role of the federal government. Cuccinelli was the first state attorney general to sue the federal government over the health care reform law.
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US Health Care Costs (Rebroadcast)
According to journalist Steven Brill, the Affordable Care Act changes some of the rules about who pays for what in health care, but a basic problem remains: the cost. In a lengthy cover story for Time Magazine, he explains why labs, drug companies, hospital administrators and the purveyors of medical equipment make so much money. He also explores why doctors who don't game the system are getting squeezed and why patients, especially those under 65, are left holding the bag. Join us to talk...
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The Changing Politics Of Health Care
After vocal GOP opposition to President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, three prominent Republican governors recently signed-on to one key element of the law. NPR Political Junkie Ken Rudin and NPR health policy correspondent Julie Rovner explain on the shifting politics of health care.
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US Health Care Costs
According to journalist Steven Brill, the Affordable Care Act changes some of the rules about who pays for what in health care, but a basic problem remains: the cost. In a lengthy cover story for Time Magazine, he explains why labs, drug companies, hospital administrators and the purveyors of medical equipment make so much money. He also explores why doctors who don't game the system are getting squeezed and why patients, especially those under 65, are left holding the bag. Join us to talk...
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#439: The Mysterious Power Of A Hospital Bill
If you have good health insurance, you've probably never even seen a full hospital bill. Count yourself lucky.For agiant articlein this week's Time, Steve Brill went line by line through a handful of bills from hospitals around the country. On today's show, he tells us about the crazy thicket of high prices and hard-to-decipher codes that he discovered, and we talk about what it means for the price of health care in America.
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Adding Up and Breaking Down Health Care's Big Price Tags
Why does a few days of lab work end up costing more than the price of a car? Judy Woodruff interviews journalist Steven Brill about his Time magazine cover story about how and why the private marketplace isn't working in the health care industry.
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Civil Rights Exhibit Highlights Successes, Work Left To...
The exhibit at Emory University in Atlanta lays out the history of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a group first presided over by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The group tackled issues of health care, poverty and gun violence — issues still seen as relevant today.
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Who Gets Religious Exemptions And Why
Under revised rules of the Affordable Care Act, religious groups can be exempt from paying their employees' insurance coverage for birth control. Religious exemptions are nearly as old as the nation and have been on the rise in recent decades.
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How The Sequester Could Affect Health Care
Federal programs, including many that provide health care, could soon be hit with deep cuts to their budgets. Agencies won't close, but services ranging from food inspections to vaccinations could be cut back. And the health care industry warns that half a million jobs could be lost within a year.
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2-8-13 Marketplace Tech: Europes Fraught GPS Plan,...
Europe has a plan for its own version of the Global Positioning System (GPS), but the over-budget, overdue Galileo system may never actually come into being. Twitter's purchase of Bluefin Labs might just be all about selling TV ads on your second screen. And the Internet of things is also going to have significant impact on the health care industry.
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WSJ Editors' Picks -- Your Tax Return & Healthcare
Your 2012 tax return will determine your eligibility for healthcare benefits from the under the affordable care act. H&R Block Senior Advisor for Tax and Healthcare Services Meg Sutton explains what you need to know on The Wall Street Journal This Morning.
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#432: The Price Of Free Breast Pumps
The Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare requires health insurers to pay for breast pumps. For many insurance plans, the new rule kicked in at the start of this year.On today's show, we visit a breast pump boutique that has suddenly become a medical supply superstore. And we look at happens when a device goes from being something people have to pay for out of their own pocket to being free for anyone with insurance.
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Free Breast Pumps And The Cost Of Health Care
Health insurers are now required to pay for breast pumps. What will that mean for health care costs?
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Dr. Joshua Kosowsky & Dr. Leana Wen: "When Doctors Don't...
The United States spends $2.5 trillion on health care, accounting for more than 16 percent of our gross domestic product. But more spending has not translated into better results: the U.S. consistently ranks below other countries on delivering quality health care. A major culprit in rising costs is medical testing, which totals $250 billion extra every year. In a new book, two Harvard doctors say physicians rely too much on algorithms and formulas to make a diagnosis, leading them to order...
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How Would Better Mental Health Care Reduce Gun Violence?
President Obama's plan to reduce gun violence includes provisions aimed at shoring up access to mental health care — but is that practical? Host Michel Martin discusses the plan's mental health goals with Michael Fitzpatrick of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and Dr. Carl Bell of the University of Illinois.
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Whole Foods CEO Expects Health Care Costs To Rise
Steve Inskeep continues his conversation with Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, who in 2009 denounced President Obama's proposed health care law. Mackey's new book is Conscious Capitalism.
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President Obama Unveils Ambitious 23-Point Gun Control...
At a White House news conference, President Obama unveiled a series of executive actions meant to prevent gun violence, including proposed bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Ray Suarez reports on the set of far-ranging initiatives, which also touch on mental health, health care reform and the ATF.
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Getting Ready For Health Exchanges
The Granite State gets ready for what are called “health exchanges” under the Affordable Care Act. These are new marketplaces where consumers and small businesses can shop for health coverage, advocates say these will encourage competition and lower costs, but there are many unknowns, including who will regulate the insurance companies that participate.Guests:Todd Bookman -NHPR Health and Health CareReporterLisa Guertin -President of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield New Hampshire and co-chair...
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Father's Death Spurs Son To Tackle Health Care
David Goldhill lost his father to infections acquired at a hospital in 2007. Since then, the business executive has been spurred to action. In his new book, Catastrophic Care, he talks about problems in the insurance-based American health care system and how we can fix it.
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Possible Lessons from Newtown: Mental Health
Though it’s unclear what motivated the shootings, many say mental health care can be a line of defense in preventing tragedies. But in the Granite State, these services have been cut and a new report says the system is in “crisis”. As part of a three day series on possible lessons from Newtown, we look at the conversation around mental health.GuestsRobert Murray – Psychiatrist, vice president, and medical director ofRiverbend Community Health in ConcordKen Norton – Special projects director...
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WSJ What's News Early Edition, Jan. 8, 2013
Health care spending rises, banks pay to end mortgage related legal disputes, and a look at today's economic reports.
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Health Care Spending Increases but Rate Slows With...
While health care spending rose in 2012, it did so only slightly due to the recession and slow overall economic growth. Ray Suarez talks to Health Affairs' Susan Dentzer about the dichotomies of health care spending, including why there has been a slowdown in health care spending when personal out-of-pocket costs have increased.
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WSJ Editors' Picks -- Changing Health Care Laws
Seven states now have conditional approval to run their own health-insurance exchanges under the health-overhaul law. Journal reporter Louise Radnofsky explains to the Wall Street Journal Online's Tom Ortuso.
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WSJ Editors' Picks -- Health Care's Big Year
WSJ reporter Anna Wilde Mathews talks with The Wall Street Journal This Morning about the health care decisions companies have to make this year before the overhaul of health care on January 1, 2014.
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Full Implementation a Ways Off, 2013 Will Be Pivotal for...
Americans won't see the full effect of the Affordable Care Act until 2014, when uninsured people will be eligible for new coverage or get insurance subsidies. But before that can happen, states must decide how they want to make that system happen and if they want federal assistance. Ray Suarez talks to NPR's Julie Rovner.
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December 21, 2012-- Dispatches from South Korea,...
This week we hear about history being made in North Korea, health care workers under fire in Pakistan, India responds to a disturbing crime, free birth control for teen girls in France and women entrepreneurs in Afghanistan.
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
Blue Heron: Keeping Renaissance Holiday Music Alive; Gun Control On The National And State Agenda; Is The Mass. Mental Health Care System Doing Enough?;
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Moving Ahead Under The Affordable Care Act
Following President Obama’s reelection and the U.S. Supreme Court’s affirmation of much of the Affordable Care Act, the gears are in motion to implement this law 2014. We’re talking with lawmakers and health care experts about aspects of Medicaid expansion and health exchanges, major parts of the new law now being debated in the Granite State.Guests:Tom Bunnell – policy analyst for New Hampshire Voices for Health, which promotes affordable health care in the state.Jeb Bradley - Republican...
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Moving Ahead Under The Affordable Care Act
Following President Obama’s reelection and the U.S. Supreme Court’s affirmation of much of the Affordable Care Act, the gears are in motion to implement this law 2014. We’re talking with lawmakers and health care experts about aspects of Medicaid expansion and health exchanges, major parts of the new law now being debated in the Granite State.Guests:Tom Bunnell – policy analyst for New Hampshire Voices for Health, which promotes affordable health care in the state.Jeb Bradley - Republican...
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Fiscal Cliff Cuts Could Hit Health Care Providers
The budget cuts set to take effect Jan. 1 were designed to be so draconian that they would force a long-term deal to trim the federal deficit. Scott Horsley talks to Robert Siegel about what budget cuts are likely to remain or be added in a deal to avert the fiscal cliff.
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For Tea Party Activists In Florida, The Health Care...
Even in a state where top Republicans led the legal battle against Obamacare, there's recognition now that Florida has to act fast to comply with the new law. But many Tea Party members are still calling on state lawmakers to reject the health care law.
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Building A Customer-Oriented Health Insurance Exchange
In the shadow of negotiations over the so-called fiscal cliff, another deadline looms in Washington. States have until December fourteenth to decide whether they intend to create state-based health insurance markets. If states choose not to build their own or partner with others, then the federal government will step in. As states rush to create exchanges by 2014, they're considering how best to develop health care comparison tools. Individuals and small businesses need ways to plan for...
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Commentary: Pouting against health care
Yesterday, Republicans in the state house of representatives refused to set up a state-run health exchange, leaving that to the federal government. Michigan Radios political analyst Jack Lessenberry is wondering what they were thinking.
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Preparing For The Looming Dementia Crisis
According to the World Health Organization, about 36 million people worldwide currently suffer from some degree of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. Experts predict the number is set to double by 2030. Most families and health care systems are largely unprepared.
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Bertolini: Health Care Waste Fix Would Trim Deficit
Washington lawmakers are still working to avoid the fiscal cliff. That's the expiring of tax cuts at the end of the year and deep spending cuts that could throw the economy into recession. A group of top CEOs has been urging lawmakers to reach a deal. Renee Montagne talks to Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini about the fiscal cliff and health care.
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White House Sets New Insurance Rules for Benefits...
The Obama administration released new rules outlining what insurers on federal- or state-run insurance exchanges must cover as essential health benefits. Ray Suarez talks to Health Affairs' Susan Dentzer about how states are reacting to further implementation of the Affordable Care Act after the president's re-election.
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Health Care Cuts Are Coming. Here's Where Liberals Say...
As the White House and Congress debate taxes and entitlement reform, an influential liberal think tank is offering what appears to be an olive branch: a plan to squeeze savings out of Medicare — long a target of GOP cuts — that Democrats can support.
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States Still Divided on Obamacare
In the aftermath of the President's re-election, states, hospitals and insurance companies are now faced with fully implementing the Affordable Care Act. How deeply rooted is the continued opposition? What are the prospects for affordable coverage for 30 million uninsured Americans?
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Rooting Out Waste in Health Care by Taking Cue From...
When the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle was losing money for the first time in its history, CEO Dr. Gary Kaplan turned to an unlikely place for help: giant automaker Toyota. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the hospital's success in lowering costs and improving health outcomes.
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'Times' Health Care Op-Ed Gets Unexpected Response
Robert Siegel talks to New York Times columnist Nick Kristof about his friend and college roommate Scott Androes, who was diagnosed with Stage Four prostate cancer. In two recent columns, Kristof wrote about Androes, who didn't have health insurance at the time of the diagnosis. In Thursday's paper, Kristof writes that Androes drifted into a coma Sunday and died Monday morning.
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Mind & Body: The Future Of Primary Care In The U.S....
The U.S. is facing a critical lack of primary care physicians, and it's likely the Affordable Care Act will worsen that shortage. Many worry there won't be enough physicians to care for the estimated 30 million people set to gain insurance under the law in 2014. And it's not just an issue of fewer doctors joining the ranks. While 20 percent of Americans live in rural areas, just 9 percent of physicians practice there. But some argue that the way primary care doctors practice is even more...
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The Antidote To Your Burning Health Care Questions
Why is insurance employer-based? What kind of health care options would young women face under a President Romney? NPR's health policy correspondent breaks down the issues you want to know about leading up to the election.
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Issue of the Week: Healthcare
It's not as important to most voters as jobs and the Economy but for many it cracks their top three concerns... what do do with rising health care costs. The candidates for Governor and Congress have different philosophies as to how do this. Today our Issue of the Week series continues and we'll look at where the candidates for our state's highest offices stand on health and health care.
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Is Time The Missing Component In Health Care?
Dr. Victoria Sweet began working at an almshouse more than 20 years ago. She found that the missing component of today's health care system is time — for doctors to care for patients, and for patients to heal. Host Michel Martin speaks with the doctor about her memoir, God's Hotel: A Doctor, A Hospital, And A Pilgrimage To The Heart Of Medicine.
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Commentary: Home health care amendment
There are five proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot this year, some of whichhave gotten more publicity than others. Michigan Radios political analyst Jack Lessenberry has been thinking about an amendment that would set rules for home health care workers.
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Romney Health Care Debate Claim Gets Corrected By His...
Mitt Romney said during Wednesday's debate that pre-existing conditions would be covered under his health care plan. But the Republican presidential candidate's plan wouldn't guarantee that people who don't have coverage now will be able to buy it.
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What's at Stake in the Candidates' Different Visions for...
The firestorm over how to make Medicare more sustainable has consumed the health care debate this election season, but Medicaid, its counterpart for low-income, disabled and elderly Americans, actually covers more people. Hari Sreenivasan looks at how the candidates' two drastically different proposals offer reform.
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Cloud Computing Saves Health Care Industry Time And Money
The cloud's vast computing power is making it easier and less expensive for companies and clinicians to discover new drugs and new medical treatments. Analyzing data that used to take years and tens of millions of dollars can now be done for a fraction of that amount.
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Health Care Meets Humanity In 'The Waiting Room'
The new documentary The Waiting Room chronicles a day in the emergency room at Highland Hospital in Oakland, California. The film has no narration or expert interviews, but instead the camera shows interactions between hospital staff and patients, many of whom lack health insurance. Guest host Celeste Headlee speaks with filmmaker Peter Nicks.
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Branding Health Care Exchanges To Make The Sale
In the process of creating its health insurance exchange, California wants to rename the marketplace. But it's tough to find a name that appeals to all Californians and explains the marketplace at the same time.
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Romney's Medicaid Remarks On '60 Minutes' Raise Eyebrows
It's not so much what Mitt Romney said about whether the government should guarantee people health care in his interview Sunday that has health care policy types buzzing. It's how that compares to what he has said before.
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A PBS Documentary Asks Why is U.S. Health Care So...
"Money and Medicine," a documentary set to air Sept. 25 on PBS, investigates some of the most notorious factors in driving U.S. health care costs. Ray Suarez speaks with director Roger Weisberg about how some of those costs are moving the nation toward financial crisis while still producing relatively mediocre medical results.
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Dr. Marty Makary: "Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't...
A New England Journal of Medicine study concluded as many as 25 percent of all hospitalized patients will experience a preventable medical error of some kind. Other studies indicate one in every five medications, tests and procedures is unnecessary. Consumers have the tools to comparison shop when deciding on a new car, home or other major purchase. But when it comes to choosing a hospital or doctor, they are largely in the dark. Most patients do not have access to data on safety and...
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State Strategies For Controlling Medicaid Costs
Many states seek to partially implement Medicaid reforms of the Affordable Care Act. Please join us for a conversation on what changes in Medicaid rules could mean for state budgets, the federal deficit and the nation's poor.
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Making Sen$e of Health Care: Competing Claims on...
Paul Solman compares and contrasts "Obamacare" policy with health care reform proposals from Mitt Romney. Economists on both sides of the political debate discuss increasing efficiency, technological innovation, market competition and vouchers.
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Reviewing Romney's Record: Businessman, 'Savior' for...
As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney's signature accomplishment is the one issue his campaign is trying to downplay this year: the passage of health care reform. In order to do so, Romney worked across party lines. Is Romney's health care record a predictor for how he would govern in D.C.? Gwen Ifill reports.
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News Wrap: President Obama Targets Romney on Health Care...
In a campaign visit to the University of Virginia, President Obama attacked Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for not caring about Americans' health care. Also, three NATO troops were shot and killed today in Afghanistan in another incident of "insider violence" -- the culprit was a man in an Afghan army uniform.
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Battling Superbugs In Hospitals
Nearly 100,000 people die every year in the U.S. from hospital-borne infections. The most deadly of these are known as "superbugs" for their utter resistance to antibiotic drugs. Last year, one of these superbugs killed six people at the National Institutes of Health and it was months before doctors could locate the source of the infection. New antibiotics are scarce as drug companies consolidate and focus on more profitable drugs. The result is a health care population increasingly...
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Beat the Press Audio Podcast: June 29, 2012
WGBH's Greater Boston presents Beat the Press - a look at media issues in Boston and beyond. Topics this week: The media get the Supreme Court's health care ruling wrong in the rush to be first; The Atlantic Monthly re-ignites an old debate; Boston.com ventures into online radio; and panel rants and raves.
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Is the US Ready for Universal Coverage?
Never mind the November election or the US Supreme Court. The biggest challenge to President Obama's Affordable Care Act is a shortage of doctors.
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Fact-Checking The Future Of Aging In America
Overall, baby boomers are optimistic about their health and future, according to a 2012 survey by The National Council on Aging, United Health Care and USA Today. But many are unsure about how to pay for long-term care, medical bills and other health costs.
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Ryan Pick Was A Bold Choice For Romney Campaign
As the nation gets closer to Election Day, the addition of Rep. Paul Ryan to the GOP ticket will present the public with a dramatic choice about the role the government should play in health care.
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Medicaid Fight Reinvigorated With Political Light On...
Medicaid is a campaign issue for the first time in years. Republicans cite studies to say the health care program for those with low incomes has failed, and want to turn it back to the states. But Medicaid researchers say those studies don't portray Medicaid accurately.
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Choosing Ryan Defines Health Care For GOP Ticket
One thing adding Rep. Paul Ryan as Gov. Mitt Romney's running mate will certainly do is elevate issues like Medicare and Medicaid to the top of the election agenda. As the nation gets closer to Election Day, Ryan's addition to the GOP ticket will present the public with a dramatic choice about the role the government should play in health care.
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The Possible Future Of Health Care, Given VP Pick
Rep. Paul Ryan brings sizzle to the GOP ticket that conservatives love. But he also adds some risk because the heart of Ryan's plan calls for dramatic changes to the nation's largest government health programs, Medicare and Medicaid. NPR's Julie Rovner talks to host Guy Raz about what those changes could mean for the campaign and the country, should they win.
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How Paul Ryan's Budget Affects Health Care
When you talk about the federal budget, you have to talk about health care and Medicare and social security. All three topics are tied to Rep. Paul Ryan, who has spent recent years advancing bold and controversial proposals to deal with them. Weekend Edition Saturday guest host Linda Wertheimer speaks with NPR's Julie Rovner about what the Ryan budget would do.
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Justice Scalia Writes How-to Read Guide for Interpreting...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says the key factor for a judge's ruling is finding where the balance resides in a case. Margaret Warner interviews Justice Scalia about his new book, "Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts," and asks about his opinions on the Second Amendment and the Affordable Care Act.
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WSJ's What's News Late Edition, Wed, Aug 8, 2012
The dog days of summer slow down Wall Street trading; Retailers and restaurants make plans to counter health care's new costs; Supply and demand - home prices rise, as the supply of homes for sale dwindles.
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08-08-12 Marketplace
Taxpayers helped bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and now after some strong earnings, they may start paying us back. Starbucks has joined forces with mobile payment company Square, which leads us to ponder about the future of cash. Campaign ads on local TV channels in crucial swing states are pushing out small businesses that rely on TV exposure. Oregon is embracing the new health care reform to give health care access to the poor and disabled without breaking the bank. Diet pill sales...
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The Cheesecake Factory, A Recipe For Health Care?
Renee Montagne talks Dr. Atul Gawande about his article in the upcoming issue of The New Yorker, about whether the health care industry can learn something about service delivery and controlling costs from a restaurant chain.
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Affordable Care Act Benefits Begin Roll Out, Including...
Some benefits outlined in the Affordable Care Act begin this week, including preventative services for women. Covered benefits include OB-GYN visits, HIV and other STD testing and birth control. Margaret Warner talks to NPR's Julie Rovner about the latest updates regarding health care reform.
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Self-Service Kiosks Poised To Change Health Care
Self-service kiosks have become part of daily life for many people. We use them to get our boarding passes at the airport, to check out at the grocery store and to rent movies. Now some industry watchers predict they could fundamentally change the way we get our healthcare. A pilot project in New Hampshire aims to pump up the number of potential bone marrow donors.
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Mental Health Services Under The Affordable Care Act
The deadly Colorado shooting underscores the need to better identify, diagnose and treat people with mental illness. Diane and guests will discuss the future of mental health services under the Affordable Care Act.
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Summer Recess Looming, Questions and Debate Remain over...
Contentious debates continue between Democrats and Republicans on competing tax cut proposals and the estimated costs of the new health care reform law. Gwen Ifill discusses the shifting sands of Congress with Todd Zwillich, reporter for PRI's "The Takeaway," and Julie Rovner, health care correspondent for NPR.
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WSJ Editors' Picks - Louise Radnofsky
WSJTM's Gordon Deal talks with The Wall Street Journal's Louise Radnofsky about the effects of the Supreme Court decision on President Obama's health care law.
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Hospital Specialists Help Remind The Sickest Kids...
Child life specialists, a new kind of health care provider, can minimize the trauma caused by a hospital stay. They're also costly, but experts says they help doctors be more efficient and can pay dividends far into the future for a sick child.
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Health Care Is An Advantageous Topic For Candidates
Even though the Supreme Court declared the Affordable Care Act constitutional, voters in battleground states remain polarized about the law. But a new NPR survey finds there are signs that the gap between opponents and supporters has become a little smaller.
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New Documentary Explores Challenge to Public Hospitals...
Jeffrey Brown previews "The Waiting Room," a documentary that goes behind the scenes of an Oakland hospital's fight to survive in the recession and juggle patient needs that range from basic to life-threatening. Director Peter Nicks set out to profile a community but ended up with a larger story about health care in the U.S.
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Ryan: Democrats Deserting Party On Health Care, Taxes
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) on the House vote against Obamacare and President Obama's dead-on-arrival tax increase.
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In Symbolic Vote, House Republicans Move to Repeal...
Republicans in the House on Wednesday voted to overturn the health care reform law recently upheld by the Supreme Court. For an overview of where the controversy stands in the states -- where governors have ramped up support and opposition to the law -- Gwen Ifill speaks with reporters from Nevada, Texas and Washington, D.C.
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Bachmann: The Fight Against Obamacare Has Just Begun
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) says the Supreme Court's ruling doesn't fix all the problems with government health care.
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Republican 'Crossroads' Group Eyes Health Care Law
Crossroads GPS, the social welfare group spending tens of millions of dollars attacking President Obama, held a forum on healthcare. It may be an attempt to show its interest in issues rather than just politics.
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Brooks, Dionne on Dismal Jobs Report, Romney's Health...
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne discuss the week's top political news, including the dismal June jobs report, why the stimulus recovery plan hasn't had a greater effect, and Mitt Romney's health care message and evolving relationship with the conservative base.
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More Answers To Your Questions About The Health Care Law
Stumped by what's happening with the administration's health law? You're not alone. We fielded questions and have some answers that might help.
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Week In Politics: Mitt Romney, Health Care Mandate
Robert Siegel speaks with our regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution, and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss Mitt Romney and the health care mandate.
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Friday News Roundup - Domestic
Four months before Election Day, another disappointing jobs report: the nation's unemployment rate remains at 8.2 percent. President Barack Obama takes his reelection campaign on the road to the Rust Belt, and announces a trade complaint against China on auto imports. Republican challenger Mitt Romney joins conservatives in saying the health care mandate is a tax, raising a furor over whether he has flip-flopped on the issue. More fallout from the Supreme Court decision upholding the...
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Campaigns Duel Over Calling Health Care Mandate a 'Tax'
In the days since the Supreme Court upheld President Obama's health care law, a debate has grown louder, particularly in the presidential campaigns, over whether the mandate in the health care overhaul is a tax. National Journal correspondent Major Garrett describes the latest.
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How Will States Set Up Health Care Exchanges?
Melissa Block talks to Alan Weil about one of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act — health insurance exchanges for states. Weil is executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy.
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Romney: Obama's Health Care Mandate Is A Tax
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spent his July Fourth holiday marching in a New Hampshire parade. He also backtracked on a top adviser's statement calling the individual mandate in the Obama health care law a fee or a fine. Romney says the Supreme Court ruled that it's a tax.
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Examining the Supreme Court Session Through the Lens of...
The Supreme Court's latest term was dominated by high-impact decisions on health care, immigration, criminal sentencing and more. Judy Woodruff looks at how it all played out and examines the historical significance with Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal and presidential historian Michael Beschloss.
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Did The Chief Justice 'Evolve' On Health Care?
Chief Justice John Roberts has been called to task by conservatives for siding with the more liberal justices to uphold President Obama's health care law. This week a CBS reporter said Roberts switched his views after at first siding with conservatives. Justices sometimes change their minds after the initial conference on a case as they circulate draft opinions, consult with colleagues and think about the issues. What's unusual was the leak which was an apparent attempt to undermine the...
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Post Supreme Court: Reviewing The Health Care Law
Last week's Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act has brought the 2010 law back into the news. If you've forgotten all the things that are in the massive measure, never fear. Morning Edition has this refresher course.
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Chief Justice Roberts' Key Role in Health Care Ruling
Jeffrey Brown talks to Laurence Tribe, a professor at Harvard Law School who had Chief Justice John Roberts and President Obama as students, and David Rivkin, who represented the states that challenged the health care law, about what the Supreme Court's landmark health care ruling means and its broader impacts.
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07-02-12 Marketplace
Heat waves in the Midwest are exasperating rough drought conditions for the farming industry there. Meanwhile, storms in the east disrupted Amazon's data center and cloud service this weekend. Opponents of Obama's health care plan say that it will be the largest tax in the history of our country -- reporter Shereen Marisol Meraji does some fact-checking. Mexicans are hopeful its newly elected president and government will bring better times. And Tess Vigeland talks to Frank Partnoy, author...
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The Takeaway From The Health Care Ruling
After the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the vast majority of the Affordable Care Act, the court of public opinion has continued to judge the ruling and partisan debate rages on. Legal scholar Jonathan Turley and New York Magazine writer Jonathan Chait discuss the wide range of reactions to the landmark ruling.
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What The Affordable Care Act Means For Consumers
What the Affordable Care Act means for you. We take your questions on how implementation of the law could affect consumers.
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Week In News: Rounding Up The Health Care Ruling
Weekends on All Things Considered guest host Laura Sullivan talks with James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. They discuss the decision of the Supreme Court to uphold the Affordable Health Care act, Chief Justice John Roberts' role on the court and what the decision means in this election year.
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GOP Rolls Out Campaign To Repeal Health Care
Facing an unexpected ruling validating the Affordable Care Act, Republicans in Congress promised to redouble efforts to repeal it, starting with another vote in the House early next month. Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's David Welna to explain the battle ahead.
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Obama's Health Care-Infused, Fire-Stoked Week
A day after the Supreme Court essentially upheld his signature health care law, President Obama flew to Colorado to meet with first responders to the wild fires. NPR's Scott Horsley wraps the president's week.
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#383: What The Health Care Decision Means For Peoples'...
The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the health-care law will change peoples' lives. On today's show, we talk to a few of those people.When the ruling came down, we were visiting people who work at a health insurance agency in Connecticut. The Court's ruling means the company needs to find a new line of business or close down altogether. (Here'smore on our visit.)Also, we hear how people's lives changed when they lost health insurance and when they got it.
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Episode 383: What The Health Care Decision Means For...
The Supreme Court's decision will change peoples' lives. On today's show, we talk to a few of those people.
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The Day After A Health Care Crescendo, Each Side Plays A...
Supporters of the Affordable Care Act are back to singing its praises and doling out money. Opponents are trying to focus on the one aspect of the case that they won, limiting government's ability to withhold Medicaid money from states.
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Week In Politics: Health Care, Eric Holder
Audie Cornish speaks with our regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution, and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss the Supreme Court's ruling on the health care law, and the House vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt.
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Friday News Roundup - Domestic
Chief Justice John Roberts joined the liberal members of the Supreme Court to uphold President Obama's health care overhaul. Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and other Republican leaders pledged to fight for repeal of the law. The House voted to make Eric Holder the first sitting U.S.Attorney General to be held in contempt of congress. New York Congressman Charlie Rangel and Utah Senator Orin Hatch survive hard-fought primary battles. Earlier in the week, the Supreme Court struck down...
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What Does Health Care Decision Mean For Patients?
Analysts are already pouring over the political consequences of Thursday's Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act. But many Americans are wondering what the ruling will mean for patients and business owners. Host Michel Martin discusses the practical implications with reporter Mary Agnes Carey from Kaiser Health News.
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It's All Politics, June 28, 2012
A landmark decision by the Supreme Court on health care reverberates across the nation — and now comes the political implications. NPR's Ron Elving and Don Gonyea break down the ruling and what it means for November. Plus, the House votes to hold the attorney general in contempt.
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The Exchange (NHPR)
New Hampshire Reacts to the Supreme Court Decision on Health Care
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Slate: New Haven Live special response to ACA
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon live from New Haven. This podcast, recorded Wednesday night, contains the trio's discusson on how the Supreme Court would rule Thursday on the Affordable Care Act
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From 'Hallelujah' to 'Sadness,' Health Care Stakeholders...
Ray Suarez gets some reaction on the Supreme Court's ruling from Ron Pollack, founding executive director of Families USA; Karen Ignagni, president of America's Health Insurance Plans; Dr. Donald Palmisano, a physician and an attorney; and Bill McCollum, a former congressman and Florida attorney general.
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WSJ's The News Hub, P.M. Edition, June 28, 2012
A breakdown of the Supreme Court's ruling on health care.
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WSJ What's News Late Edition, June 28, 2012
Stocks of insurance providers fall after the Supreme Court's health care ruling; the market rallies late in the day as worries about the euro-zone crisis ease.
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Radio Boston
Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Health Care Act;
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Supreme Court Decision on Healthcare Reform
The Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act, a short-term victory with long-term consequences for healthcare, the powers of Congress and the presidential campaign.
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The U.S. Supreme Court Rules On The Affordable Care Act
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 2010 Affordable Care Act. The decision is considered to be a major victory for President Barack Obama because it validates his signature legislative achievement. It is also one of the most important Supreme Court rulings in decades. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, saying the law was a valid exercise of Congress's power to tax. Today's decision will still require the health care industry and the government to address rising health...
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Health Care Ruling: Business, Legal Reactions
Renee Montagne and Linda Wertheimer speak to NPR reporters and correspondents and health care and judicial experts for analysis of the Supreme Court's historical ruling on the Affordable Care Act.
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Health Care Ruling: Examing Dissent
NPR's Carrie Johnson and Ari Shapiro and other guests talk with Renee Montagne and Linda Wertheimer about the Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act.
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How Does The Ruling Change The Health Care Law?
NPR's Julie Rovner and Ari Shapiro discuss the political and health care implications of the Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act with Renee Montagne and Linda Wertheimer.
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Health Care Ruling: Surprising Decisions, Votes
Renee Montagne and Linda Wertheimer speak with NPR's Nina Totenberg, who's at the Supreme Court, and NPR's Mara Liasson about the legal and political implications of Thursday's ruling on the Affordable Care Act.
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Update On The Supreme Court's Health Care Ruling
For more on Thursday's historical Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Health Care Act, one of President Obama's signature accomplishments, Renee Montagne and Linda Wertheimer speak with NPR's Ari Shapiro and Mara Liasson.
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Supreme Court Rules On Health Care Law
The justices have ruled on the constitutionality of the landmark health care law that has become a signature of Barack Obama's presidency. The opinions run hundreds of pages, and we have a team poring over the documents. For the latest, Renee Montagne and Linda Wertheimer speak with NPR's Ari Shapiro.
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WSJ What's News Early Edition, June 28, 2012
It's a day of decision on health care for the Supreme Court...new concern about reverse mortgages...and a tablet from Google.
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Supreme Court upholds core of Obama health care law
After much deliberation and anticipation, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on the Affordable Care Act and the universal mandate, and has determined it is constitutional under Congress' authority to tax.
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Forum Special: Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Reform
It seems like the entire nation was holding its breath for today's Supreme Court ruling on health care. In a 5-4 decision, the Court upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
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A forensic investigation on the hilarity of the Supreme...
According to Supreme Court scholar Ryan Malphurs, the oral arguments the Court heard last March on the Affordable Care Act were among the funniest in the court's history.
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How Will Your Life Change Today: Health Care Ruling
Contributors speak about how their lives will change when the Supreme Court rules on the Affordable Health Care Act today.
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How Justices Decide Big Cases Such As Health Care
In advance of the Supreme Court's ruling on the Obama health care law, Renee Montagne talks to Jamal Greene — associate professor at Columbia Law School and former clerk for Justice John Paul Stevens — about how the Supreme Court thinks through momentous cases.
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Predictions on the health care decision tomorrow
Will the Supreme Court uphold the health care reform law? We spoke a different kind of expert about the matter.
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Could Kaiser Permanente's Low-Cost Health Care Be Even...
Kaiser Permanente is often cited as an example of a health maintenance organization that keeps costs reined in. In fact, portions of the Affordable Care Act were crafted with the Kaiser model in mind. But critics say the price gap between Kaiser and other insurance companies has narrowed, and the reasons are unclear.
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Countdown To The Supreme Court's Ruling On Health Care
This week, the Supreme Court is almost certain to issue its decision on the constitutionality of President Obama's health care law. The decision could have far-reaching implications for the legal landscape, the nation's health care system and even the Supreme Court's legacy.
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Shields, Brooks on Health Care, Immigration Fallout and...
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week's top political news with Jeffrey Brown, including the fallout over the president's new immigration policy and the implications of upcoming Supreme Court decisions.
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Making the Case for Generic Drugs
The rising cost of prescription drugs has prompted more throughout the health care industry to turn patients toward another option. Those with Carle Clinic and Health Alliance medical plans are among those encouraging patients to see if a generic is available. Illinois Public Media’s Jeff Bossert talked with Doctor Mike Swindle of Carle’s Accountable Care Initiative on the process for becoming a generic drug, and how widely they’re distributed.
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#379: Does Medicaid Actually Help People?
For decades there was this debate about Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor.On one side were people making what seems like the straightforward argument: People who get Medicaid fare better than people who don't.On the other side were those making the contrarian argument. They argued that there is already a safety net for the poor and the uninsured, and that Medicaid's reimbursement rates are so low that most doctors don't see Medicaid patients anyway.The debate was...
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Insurers Wait For Verdict On Health Care Law And Their...
"I'm less concerned about how they rule and more concerned about when we can actually get at fixing this," says the head of Aetna, the nation's third-largest health insurer. He says at one level, the health care law represents a huge opportunity for the U.S. health insurance industry.
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'Good for Health': Some Reforms Will Stay Regardless of...
UnitedHealthcare, one of the country's largest health insurers, said Monday it would keep several provisions of the federal health reform law intact, whether the Supreme Court rejects it or not. Ray Suarez and Health Affairs editor Susan Dentzer discuss how the court's impending decision will affect Americans' health care.
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Health Care Decision Hinges On A Crucial Clause
Constitutional scholars know there's much more at stake in the Supreme Court's decision on the Obama health care overhaul than one election. The case could mark a major turning point in the way the Supreme Court interprets the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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For Uninsured In Ore., A Flat Fee For Health Care
In Oregon, lawmakers recently loosened regulations on insurance, allowing so-called retainer medical clinics. These are medical practices that charge member patients a set monthly fee for basic medical care and don't accept insurance.
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Future Of Health Care Law Hangs In Balance
The Supreme Court may issue a ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act as early as Monday. Guy Raz talks to NPR Health Policy Correspondent Julie Rovner about what will happen next if the court rules against the law. In Oregon, Rocky King, the state's health insurance exchange director, says the imminent decision keeps him up at night and historian Jeff Shesol explains why there hasn't been a ruling this important since the 1930s.
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Can Technology Deliver Better Health Care?
Smartphones can monitor many of your vital signs at home--and do it more cheaply than your doctor. But will technology deliver better medical care? Dr. Eric Topol, author of The Creative Destruction of Medicine, Dr. Reed Tuckson, head of UnitedHealth Group, and Dr. Arnold Relman, former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, discuss the future of digital health.
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An Evening With: 120530
Fighting For Our Health: Richard Kirsch, former campaign manager for Health Care for America Now, offers a vivid, first-person account of how the Affordable Health Care Act came to be.
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The Health Care Law And The Roberts Court
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the controversial health care law in June. Many legal analysts expect the Justices to strike down parts of the law in a split, 5-4 decision, prompting a debate among legal scholars about what the decision will reveal about the politics of the High Court.
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Sick in America: Hispanics Grapple With Cost And Quality...
When it comes to out-of-pocket costs for health care, 42 percent of Hispanics say they're a "very serious" problem, according to a recent NPR poll. The finding runs counter to the widespread impression that African-Americans are worst-off when it comes to the cost and quality of health care.
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Sick In America: Americans' Views On Health Care
Morning Edition's Renee Montagne talks with Dr. Elliott Fisher, director of Dartmouth's Center for Population Health, about the issues raised in our series "Sick in America." NPR, along with Harvard and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, recently surveyed 1,500 Americans on their views about the cost and quality of health care.
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Obama, Romney On Health Care: So Close, Yet So Far
Health care has become one of the starkest contrasts between President Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney in the 2012 campaign. And that's surprising, given that once upon a time they both came up with similar plans to fix the system.
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Health Law's Downfall Could Put GOP In Odd Spot
Republicans have rallied for repeal of the Affordable Care Act since the very day it passed. But now the GOP has a problem: Some provisions in the law are very popular with voters. If the Supreme Court strikes the law down, choosing whether to try to revive those parts could be difficult.
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Your Stories Of Being Sick Inside The U.S. Health Care...
Our call-out on Facebook for people to share their experiences of the health care system yielded close to 1,000 responses. From Oregon to Florida, respondents told wrenching tales of bankruptcies, medical errors, and treatment delayed or foregone because of cost.
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An Evening With: 120502
Pharmageddon: A talk with the author of Pharmageddon, David Healy's most comprehensive and forceful argument against the pharmaceuticalization of medicine, tackles problems in health care that are leading to a growing number of deaths and disabilities.
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An Evening With: 120425
Supreme Court Rules: "If there is a group of people anxious about how the Supreme Court will rule on the health care reform law, it is health insurance executives," wrote media analyst Wendell Potter in a recent blog. In this program he looks at the repercussions if the health law is nullified.
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Slate: The Unprecedented Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The winding down of the Republican presidential race, the continuing fallout from the Affordable Care Act arguments, and Lyndon Johnson
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Heavy Burden
Jeffrey Toobin on questioning health care.
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Getting a Read on the Supremes
The US Supreme Court heard 3 days of arguments over the Affordable Care Act. Is this the end of the mandate? Our system of social insurance? What of judicial deference?
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Slate: The Eat Your Broccoli Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring Emily Bazelon and special guests Beverly Gage of Yale and Jed Shugerman of Harvard. This week: The Affordable Care Act before the Supreme Court, the political implications if the law is overturned, and a history of judicial elections
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Slate: The Etch A Sketch Gabfest
Slate's Political Gabfest, featuring John Dickerson, David Plotz, and Emily Bazelon. This week: The latest twists in the GOP presidential race, the Trayvon Martin killing, and health care reaching the Supreme Court
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Underreported: The Hidden Dangers and High Costs of...
In 1972, Congress launched the nation’s most ambitious experiment in universal health care: virtually anyone diagnosed with kidney failure, regardless of age or income, was granted comprehensive coverage under Medicare for dialysis. Almost 40 years later, the costs of dialysis are the highest in the Western world--$77,000 per patient--as is the mortality rate. ProPublica's Robin Fields joins us to discuss her two-year investigation into the treatment options that dialysis patients face.
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Now What?
Atul Gawande on health care's next battle.
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Not Covered
Jeffrey Toobin on abortion and health care.
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Lies
Hendrik Hertzberg on health care.
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Kennedy Care
Nicholas Lemann on health care after Kennedy.
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Ghostbusters
Hendrik Hertzberg on Hillary Clinton and the spectre of universal health care.
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