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Healthcare overhaul [updated 9/21]

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009




WHYY's Health+Science desk keeps you informed with the latest developments on the healthcare overhaul.


New health insurance rules kick in this week
Kerry Grens -September 21, 2010
This week marks the six month anniversary of the passage of the new federal health insurance law that will eventually require all citizens to have coverage. But the law has many components – some of which kick in soon.


Job-based health coverage slips
Taunya English -September 21, 2010
Fewer Americans now get their health insurance on the job. According to new data from the U.S. Census. In the depth of the recession, Pennsylvanians lost jobs and health coverage too.


Health law was written to narrow health gaps
Taunya English -August 25, 2010
The new federal health law includes scholarship and loan money to help launch minorities into health care jobs. It's part of the strategy to narrow the health gap between whites and minorities in the United States.


Health clinics benefit from stimulus and health dollars
Kerry Grens -August 23, 2010
Community health centers frequently operate under tight budgets; but new government funds are allowing these clinics to expand and renovate.


States to scrutinize insurance prices
Kerry Grens -August 17, 2010
The federal government has awarded states a million dollars each to monitor premium rate hikes from health insurance companies.


High-risk insurance opens up in Pa.
Kerry Grens -August 3, 2010


Companies are weighing the benefits of benefits
Taunya English – July 2, 2010

""Coverage varies state to state, but Richard Popper [HHS] says people with cancer, AIDS, even obesity or high blood pressure may qualify."


Coverage for people who've had trouble buying health insurance
Taunya English – July 2, 2010


Funding for post-partum depression research part of healthcare overhaul
Maiken Scott – June 22, 2010


A health plan for high risk people
Taunya English – June 8, 2010


Pa. advisors will map out the health overhaul
Taunya English – May 20, 2010


Challenging the health reform challenge
Taunya English – May 14, 2010


Health experts discuss implications of Medicaid expansion
Taunya English – May 5, 2010


PA will manage a high-risk pool
Taunya English – April 28, 2010


Electronic paydays for Medicare providers
Taunya English – April 13, 2010


Health insurance regulators: Be alert for new scams
Taunya English – April 12, 2010


Drug companies will post doctor payments
Kerry Grens – March 30, 2010


Divergent predictions about the new abortion rules
Taunya English – March 29, 2010

"There's a sense at least for a lot of the cardiovascular implantable types of stuff, stents and things like that, that maybe it doesn't equal out because a lot of those are used predominantly in Medicare patients, which are obviously already covered." – David Filmore, senior editor of the medical device trade publication The Gray Sheet.


Health care bill taxes medical device makers
Kerry Grens – March 24, 2010


Will Philadelphia hospitals see relief from uninsured?
Kerry Grens – March 24, 2010


PA to sue over health overhaul
Taunya English – March 24, 2010


Insurers must permit parents to cover their adult children
Taunya English – March 23, 2010


Overhaul brings help for small business
Taunya English – March 22, 2010


Health care bill passes
Kerry Grens – March 22, 2010


South Jersey democrat to vote no on health care bill
Kerry Grens – March 19, 2010


Activists hound lawmakers undecided on health care
Kerry Grens – March 18, 2010

"He talked about the need to reign in insurance company abuses. And that's particularly important in this state where we have very lax consumer protections against insurance companies." – Sharon Ward, Pennsylvania Health Access Network


President pitches health care in PA
Kerry Grens – March 8, 2010


Walking to Washington
Taunya English – February 18, 2010


New med school aims to shrink doctor shortage
Kerry Grens – February 16, 2010


Strategizing a health reform vote
Kerry Grens – January 21, 2010


Democrats address "cadillac" plans with unions
January 15, 2010


The health insurance mandate
Taunya English – January 5, 2010

"Pennsylvania is more generous than most other states in terms of Medicaid, and the proposal in the Senate bill is another example of no good deed goes unpunished." – Robert Field, professor of law and public health at Drexel University.


States worry over expanded Medicaid costs
Taunya English – December 30, 2009


Region's senators explain health care votes
Mark Eichmann – December 24, 2009


Health reform advocates say legislation could do more
Kerry Grens – December 22, 2009


Sen. Carper returns to Wilmington after late vote
Stephanie Aldrich – December 21, 2009

"Medicare exists already today, so it's very easy to think about opening the program up to new populations very quickly as opposed to having to roll things out over many years. The challenge is going to be that it is a buy-in option, and so it's gonna be expensive." – David Grande, health policy analyst at the UPenn


Buying into Medicare early
Taunya English – December 10, 2009


Debating abortion funding
Taunya English – December 3, 2009


A tax on teeth whitening and tummy tucks
Taunya English – December 3, 2009


Debating abortion funding
Taunya English – December 2, 2009

robert_casey_jr"I think there's a consensus in the country not to have federal tax dollars pay for abortions and I think that's the intention of people in both parties here in Washington." – Senator Bob Casey (D-PA)


Sen. Casey calls for changes in health care bill
Scott Detrow – November 25, 2009


Track the health care votes
November 10, 2009


Health bill foes see trouble in senate
Scott Detrow – November 10, 2009


Public health experts debate House health plan
Taunya English – November 10, 2009


House approves health care bill
Kerry Grens – November 9, 2009

"…it's a phenomenon of job lock where people end up staying in their job solely based upon insurance." – John Arensmeyer, Small Business Majority.


Could health reform relieve "job lock"?
Kerry Grens – November 2, 2009


Non-profits seek help in health reform
Kerry Grens – October 27, 2009


Public option supporters keep hope alive
Taunya English – October 2, 2009


Congress considers health insurance cooperatives
Taunya English – September 29, 2009

"So a lot of [behavioral health] practitioners in the community have learned older kinds of treatments, and have not kept pace with the newer kinds of treatments." – Dr. Anthony Lehman, Psychiatrist, University of Maryland.


Evidence based treatments in mental health
Maiken Scott – September 25, 2009


Health reform proponents rally at Cigna
Tom MacDonald – September 23, 2009


Pelosi visits Jeff Hospital to push health overhaul
Taunya English – September 22, 2009


Paying docs to save costs
Kerry Grens – September 22, 2009

[Regarding the for-profit insurance industry] "They are not sincere, this is rhetoric, they've said this every time that we've had this debate." – Wendell Potter, former insurance industry spokesman.


Health insurance insider speaks out
Taunya English – September 18, 2009


Senate presents health reform proposal
Kerry Grens – September 17, 2009


WEB CHAT: Searching for what works in medicine
Taunya English – September 15, 2009


Is the healthcare you want worth paying for?
Taunya English – September 15, 2009

090910joe_sestak"There is some chance for bipartisanship but at the end of the day, unfortunately you cannot sacrifice good policy at the altar of bipartisanship." – Congressman Joe Sestak (D)


Health plan may lack bipartisan support
Susan Phillips – September 11, 2009


Obama praises Central PA health system
Taunya English – September 11, 2009


Pharmaceutical industry welcomes reform
Kerry Grens – September 10, 2009

Richard Stefanacci"I think the likelihood that the savings would come even close to insuring the millions of people that we're talking about here is unlikely." – Dr. Richard Stefanacci


Health care reform's impact on seniors
Kerry Grens – September 10, 2009


Specter gets support for health reform
Tom MacDonald – September 9, 2009

“What allowed us to get the kind of treatments that we needed was that we were lucky enough to have some good credit" -Debbie Plotnick


Fitting mental health into the health care equation
Maiken Scott – September 9, 2009


Healthcare reform – WEB CHAT
September 3, 2009


Challengers debate health care
Kerry Grens – September 2, 2009

"My sense is, anything that happens now is going to be forced through." – Congressman Mike Castle (R)


Rep. Castle calls for health reform 'time-out'
Mark Eichmann – August 26, 2009


Congressional delegates for public option
Tom MacDonald – August 26, 2009


Help for hospitals switching to electronic health records
Taunya English – August 25, 2009


First-stop docs could get a pay raise
Taunya English – August 24, 2009


Medical cost-savings pilot
Kerry Grens – August 20, 2009

"…those premiums are purchasing thinner coverage, and by thinner coverage we mean coverage that comes with higher deductibles, higher co-payments and fewer benefits." – Ron Pollack


Advocates pitch health reform to middle-income Americans
Taunya English – August 20, 2009


Delaware health care costs rise faster than earnings
Mark Eichmann – August 20, 2009


Christian co-op shares health costs
Taunya English – August 19, 2009


Everyone is passionate about healthcare reform, but does everyone know the facts?
Chris Satullo – August 16, 2009


"Death panels" get the axe
Kerry Grens – August 14, 2009

"Mind you the public healthcare plan option, and I know you may disagree with what I say but it is the fact, is a choice, its a choice, nothing more." – Congressman Joe Sestak (D)


Sestak discusses healthcare at local church
Susan Phillips – August 14, 2009


Sestak faces concern with "public option"
Susan Phillips – August 13, 2009


Drugs companies at odds
Kerry Grens – August 12, 2009


Arlen Specter booed at town hall meeting
Susan Phillips – August 12, 2009


Congress on recess, no healthcare plan
Phil Gregory – August 11, 2009


PA targeted to support Obama health plan
Susan Phillips – August 10, 2009


Lawmakers hold healthcare reform forums
Shai Ben-Yaacov – August 5, 2009


Health care still priority during break
Stephanie Aldrich – August 3, 2009


Healthcare reform materializes in Congress
Kerry Grens – July 16, 2009


The squeaky wheels of healthcare reform
Kerry Grens – July 15, 2009

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