Democratic lawmakers hope to keep costs for health coverage down while improving benefits packages, a pair of sometimes-conflicting goals that boils down to an effort to get more for less.
(Daily Report) Oct 06, 2009
The United States lags behind other wealthy countries on deaths caused by illnesses and injuries that should not kill at an early age, and experts suggest the statistics suggest complex and fundamental challenges in the U.S. health care system.
(Daily Report) Oct 06, 2009
Facility fees, charged to patients who get treatment in hospital-owned outpatient clinics, are used defray to hospital overhead, pay salaries and meet stringent standards, hospital officials say. Critics say the fees are a way to increase the cost of care when patients can least afford it.
(Story) Oct 06, 2009
President Obama has been working behind the scenes to shore up support for a public option.
(Daily Report) Oct 05, 2009
The number of family care physicians continues to shrink, while an Illinois-based clinic creates a plan to turn laid-off workers into nurses.
(Daily Report) Oct 05, 2009
While the price of caring for undocumented immigrants may be difficult to determine, it may be more expensive to leave them out of a health care overhaul.
(Daily Report) Oct 05, 2009
Industry leaders say the nursing home industry is at a tipping point.
(Daily Report) Oct 05, 2009
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
(Daily Report) Oct 05, 2009
KHN's Eric Pianin talks with former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., about his new book, "A Heart to Serve, The Passion to Bring Health, Hope, and Healing."
(Daily Report) Oct 02, 2009
The cornerstone of Atlanta medical care strives to turn a corner, but fight over dialysis center underscores difficulties of meeting increasing demands in a poor economy.
(Daily Report) Oct 02, 2009