Health Care Overhaul

How will the new federal health law affect you? Join us for an update, as key elements of this complicated overhaul are shaped. We also discuss what role prevention is expected to play in improving health and bringing down costs.

Health Care Changes in California

Host Scott Shafer speaks with industry experts about the changes to health insurance coverage that have come on-line in California so far, and what we can expect in the coming months. Guest: Marian Mulkey, director of the Health Reform and Public Programs Initiative at the California HealthCare Foundation. Guest: Rick Curtis, president of the non-profit Institute for Health Policy Solutions.

• More: Interactive timeline : A tool from the Kaiser Family Foundation that allows you to sort provisions by category and implementation date
• More: Text-based timeline : A descriptive timeline of implementation from the White House
• More: Changes in California : How the state of California plans on implementing new federal health care laws

Health Care Election Fallout

Host Scott Shafer discusses how the November election might affect implementation of the new federal health care law. Guest: Peter Harbage, policy analyst and former California state health official in the Davis Administration. Guest: Thomas Miller, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C..

Small Business Tax Credits

Health Dialogues looks at how tax credits are designed to help offset the costs of small businesses providing health insurance for employees. Reporter: Sarah Varney

Employees, Employers and Health Care Burdens

Host Scott Shafer examines whether the federal health care overhaul will put an undue burden on business in California. Guest: Ken Jacobs, chair of the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education.

Polly Stryker

Potential Payoffs of Preventive Care

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act created a $15 billion Prevention and Public Health Fund to spotlight ways to keep people healthy. Host Scott Shafer pays a visit to East Oakland to learn more about the value - in terms of cost and health - of prevention. Guest: Dr. Laura Miller, MD, internal medicine physician and associate medical director at LifeLong Medical Care.