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We have plenty of time to take this back to where it should have been in the first place - beginning the long and complex journey to create a health care system that pays for value.
The debate in Washington over how much the health care overhaul bills will cost has largely centered on the bottom line for the federal government. But polls repeatedly show Americans are much more concerned about how a reshaped health care system will affect their own family's financial situation.
A poll "shows little movement in measures of public opinion" on health reform. About one-third like the current Democratic bills, another third want reform, but not what Democratic lawmakers have in mind and one-quarter think Congress should not spend time on the issue now.
Panelists discuss the Senate's vote to begin debate on health reform legislation.
Over the weekend, the Senate voted 60 to 39 to begin debate on health reform legislation, which will begin after the Thanksgiving break. Panelists discuss what's ahead.
When it comes to making medical care not only cheaper but also better, reducing hospital infections is among the easiest changes to make--something reform really should be able to do, even in this political universe of such limited possibility.
About 11 percent of people ages 60 and older suffer from some kind of abuse every year. But as a part of health care overhaul legislation, lawmakers are taking steps that would for the first time establish a federal beachhead in fighting such abuse.
The Senate and House health bills differ in important ways. We ask and answer questions consumers might have about the bills.
Levies on liposuction, breast augmentation and other cosmetic procedures would generate billions of dollars to help cover the uninsured.
Read or download the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation's estimates of the the Senate Democrats' health bill, called "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act."
Last night, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid unveiled a health care reform bill that he plans to soon bring to the Senate floor. The bill would cost an estimated $849 billion dollars over 10 years, and cover about 31 million uninsured. Mary Agnes Carey discusses the major provisions of the bill.
Majority Leader Harry Reid added new taxes and modified major provisions of health bills passed by two Senate panels in a health bill unveiled Wednesday night.
Physicians' lobby says fixing the 12-year-old formula that sets Medicare payments would prove lawmakers' commitment to reform health care.
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey and other experts discuss recent and upcoming activities on the Hill -- part of a weekly series of video reports.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., may unveil his health care overhaul plan this week. A podcast is also available.
NPR host Michel Martin interviewed KHN's Julie Appleby about what the abortion amendment would mean.
As we move to the endgame of what will at best be health care reform 1.0, it is also important to remember that if we want to improve health-presumably health care reform is a means to improving health-we need to focus on more than just health care and reform of the health care system.
KHN's Phil Galewitz talks to Donald Berwick, M.D., M.P.P., President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), and clinical professor of pediatrics and health care policy at the Harvard Medical School.
Legislation approved by the House Saturday would bar insurers from selling policies that cover abortion if purchased with federal subsidies. There are already states that have similar policies.
The drive on Capitol Hill to create a bipartisan commission to help "bend the cost curve" of health spending is picking up momentum - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and a handful of moderate Democrats and Republicans are supporting the effort.
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