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Evaluating effectiveness of Medicaid

Health & Medicine

A new study shows people on Medicaid see doctors more regularly, are more financially stable and less depressed.

Health care reform jumps major hurdle in Senate

Global Politics

Cuts to Medicare for home health care providers

Global Politics

Health insurance industry joins reform debate

Health & Medicine

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Medicaid

How Medicare Will Define 2012 Campaign

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called a vote on Representative Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan Wednesday, forcing lawmakers to take sides on what has become a defining issue for the 2012 campaign.  The vote comes one day after Democrat Kathy Hochul’s upset victory in New York’s heavily Republican 26th Congressional District. The vote was seen as a […]

Medicaid and Medicare Under Rep. Ryan’s Budget

Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), unveiled his budget yesterday, proposing cuts of some $6.2 trillion over the next decade. Medicare and Medicaid will fundamentally change under Ryan’s plan  – with Medicare losing $389 billion, and $735 billion being cut from Medicaid. Todd Zwillich, The Takeaway’s Washington correspondent details what parts of the budget will affect Americans the […]

The World

Health care reform jumps major hurdle in senate

Conflict & Justice

The Takeaway discusses the merits and shortcomings of the health care reform bill with Harvard professor Theda Skocpol. Hanging over the discussion, a larger question looms: is there a problem with the mechanics of how a bill becomes a law?

The World

Examining a tentative health care compromise

Global Politics

Details of the health care compromise reached by Senate Democrats ? which will certainly change as Congressional negotiations grind on ? are trickling out. We discuss this and other aspects of yesterday’s deal.

The World

Public option cut as dems wrangle health care reform

Global Politics

Late last night, Senate Democrats reportedly furthered the effort to get their fractious members to move ahead on reforming the nation’s health care. For more on the delicate negotiating, we turn to our own Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich.