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See how health care reform proposals from Congress and the White House stack up against each other, on a variety of issues and topics, at the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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Healthy Ideas: Californians Weigh In on Health Care Reform

Healthy Ideas
In the Spring of 2009, when President Obama put out an open call for ideas on health care reform, KQED assembled health care thought-leaders and professionals from across California to lead us in a conversation about the health care issues we face.

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Health Summit Wrap-up

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Perspectives | Thu, Mar 18 2010, 7:35 AM

For Us. For Now.

Lorrie Goldin's husband was recently diagnosed with melanoma. He has insurance through his job, but a slew of 'what ifs' underscore the urgency of health insurance reform.

Forum | Fri, Feb 26 2010, 9:00 AM

The Health Care Summit

We get response and analysis to Thursday's televised bipartisan health care summit in Washington.

NPR News | Thu, Feb 25 2010, 6:00 PM

Special Broadcast: Health Care Summit Wrap-Up

Host Linda Wertheimer and guests discuss President Obama's health care summit. On Thursday, February 25, the president hosted an open-ended meeting of elected officials and representatives of the health care community in an effort to re-start the debate on overhauling the nation's health care system. This special program from NPR News reviews the highlights and outcome of the meeting. Joining Linda Wertheimer is NPR's health policy correspondent Julie Rovner, White House correspondent Scott Horsley and senior Washington editor Ron Elving.

 

KQED Perspectives on Health Care Reform

Perspectives | Thu, Mar 18 2010, 7:35 AM

For Us. For Now.

Lorrie Goldin's husband was recently diagnosed with melanoma. He has insurance through his job, but a slew of 'what ifs' underscore the urgency of health insurance reform.

Perspectives | Thu, Dec 17 2009, 7:35 AM

From Clunker to Cadillac

When her husband changed jobs, Diana Oertel joined 'the best health care system in the world,' and mammograms that used to be out-of-pocket luxuries became routine.

Perspectives | Wed, Nov 25 2009, 7:35 AM

S Curves and Health Care Reform

How is the repair work on the Bay Bridge like health care reform? Paul Staley has the answer.

 

National Public RadioPatient and Provider Perspectives

March 19, 2010

Powerful Catholic Quietly Shaping Abortion, Health Bill Debate
As the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' point man on abortion, Richard Doerflinger has emerged as a major player in the health care debate, one likely to play a pivotal role in the outcome.

IRS Faces Tough New Duties Under Health Overhaul
The tax agency would be responsible for checking whether individuals get required insurance, distributing billions of dollars in subsidies and collecting new taxes and penalties.

House Health Bill Would Help Pacific Island Migrants
Legislation would restore Medicaid rights to citizens of the Marshall Islands and two other nations who have the unique ability to travel and work freely in the United States.

A Consumer's Guide To Health Reform
Now that the Senate has passed a hotly debated health care bill, Congress is headed to the next step: House-Senate negotiations in January to try to hammer out a final version. Here's where things stand and how you might be affected.

Dems Move To Regulate How Insurers Spend Money
The new Senate health bill released by Majority Leader Reid imposes tougher requirements on insurers to spend most premium revenues on medical care, instead of administrative costs, salaries and profits.


National Public RadioHealth Care Innovations

March 19, 2010

Powerful Catholic Quietly Shaping Abortion, Health Bill Debate
As the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' point man on abortion, Richard Doerflinger has emerged as a major player in the health care debate, one likely to play a pivotal role in the outcome.

IRS Faces Tough New Duties Under Health Overhaul
The tax agency would be responsible for checking whether individuals get required insurance, distributing billions of dollars in subsidies and collecting new taxes and penalties.

Obama Says History Will Be Made On Health Care
President Obama tells NPR in an exclusive interview that he supports a tax on high-cost health plans and wants liberals to focus on the benefits the bill would provide to the uninsured.

Dems Move To Regulate How Insurers Spend Money
The new Senate health bill released by Majority Leader Reid imposes tougher requirements on insurers to spend most premium revenues on medical care, instead of administrative costs, salaries and profits.

COBRA Help For Laid-Off May Come Before Christmas
The COBRA subsidy extension now pending in Congress could be considered in the Senate this weekend.

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