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Healthcare Reform
Collected reporting and links from WXXI's Center for Public Affairs about the Healthcare Reform issue.
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- NPR's Health Care news section
Interviews, news, and commentary from NPR's correspondents regarding the state of health care, health insurance, new medical research, disease prevention, and drug treatments. - Side-by-Side Comparison...
The Kaiser Family Foundation maintains an ongoing, side-by-side comparison of the leading health care reform proposals.
NPR Topics: Health Care
- The Scramble At Moore Medical Center As The Tornado Hit
- A Catch For Insurers That Cut Deductibles For Healthy People
- Texas Medicaid Debate Complicated By Politics And Poverty
- Texas Medicaid Debate Complicated By Politics And Poverty
- Latest Health Hurdle: Buying Insurance Without A Bank Account
- Latest Health Hurdle: Buying Insurance Without A Bank Account
- Nearly Half The Country Doesn't Know Health Law Exists
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- NewsHour (with special section: Rx for Reform)
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- POV: Critical Condition
- In the Life: Tax Paying Citizens
- Religion and Ethics Newsweekly: Religion and Healthcare Reform
More Health Programs from WXXI
- Second Opinion - Learn about diseases, treatment and doctor/patient communication
- Healthy Friday - Talk about Health issues with local doctors
- Healthy You - Health and safety segments for kids
Need to Know Special Edition: By the People (Health Care) - aired in October 2007
On October 20, 2007 more than 100 area citizens convened on the RIT campus to talk about health care access, affordability and quality with a panel of area experts.
Panelists included:
- David Klein, President of Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Joseph Morelle, NYS Assemblyman and Chair of the Assembly’s Insurance Committee
- Tim Engstrom, RIT professor and editor of “Health Care Reform: Ethics and Politics"
- Fran Weisberg, Director of Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency
- Dr. Nancy Bennett, Director of Community Health at URMC
- Dr. Lisa Harris, local physician and panelist on the television program “Second Opinion”
- Stuart Putnam, Executive VP of Unity Health Systems
- Sandra Parker, CEO of Rochester Business Alliance
