health care

Alaska Governor Raises Concerns About Republican Health Care Efforts

4:33pm June 19, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Alaska Gov. Bill Walker about his concerns with the American Health Care Act. With its remote rural communities, Alaska has some of the highest insurance costs in the country.

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About 10,000 cardiac arrests happen in workplaces each year, according to the American Heart Association. Using an automatic external defibrillator can increase the chance of survival.

Can You Find The Defibrillator At Work? Half Of People Say No

3:15pm June 19, 2017

by Courtney Columbus

People who work in the hospitality and service industries were even less likely to know where to find an AED, according to a new survey. The devices can restart someone's heart after cardiac arrest.

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Senate Republicans Consider Health Care Bill To Replace Obamacare

8:01am June 19, 2017

David Greene talks Thomas Binion of The Heritage Foundation, who offers the latest on the Senate health care debate. Democrats complain work on the bill is being done behind closed doors.

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When Medical Bills Stack Up, Many Turn To Crowdsourcing Sites

7:45am June 18, 2017

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Lauren Carmen, who used crowdsourcing to help pay medical expenses from breast cancer and delivering premature twins.

Sen. Tim Kaine Responds To Baseball Shooting

7:53am June 15, 2017

Steve Inskeep talks to Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia and NPR's Domenico Montanaro about Senate reactions to the baseball shooting, and reports about President Trump and the Russia investigation.

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Justine Orr (right), program manager for Our Place Day Services, helps David Breuer chop tomatoes during a cooking class at the center north of Milwaukee. Nearly all the center's clients pay for services with funds from Medicaid.

Medicaid Cuts In Wisconsin Would Undermine Training For Adults With Disabilities

5:38pm June 14, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

Job-coaching and other support services that enable many adults to live in the community instead of institutions will likely be curtailed if the GOP plan to shrink Medicaid becomes law.

Morning News Brief: Democrats Sue Trump, GOP Health Care Plan's Future

8:06am June 14, 2017

More than 190 Democrats in Congress are suing President Trump over foreign payments to his businesses. Also, a look at the future of the Republican health care plan, and white phosphorous use in Iraq.

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The Next Steps In The Effort To Pass The GOP Health Care Plan

8:06am June 14, 2017

Steve Inskeep talks with Republican Rep. Rodney Davis, a member of the moderate Tuesday Group. He's been a proponent of the Republican health care plan, and talks about what's next for the bill.

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How The GOP Health Plan Looks In The Senate

8:06am June 14, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

We look at what the Senate is expected to do with the Republican health care plan passed by the House.

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Dawn Poole and her husband have to regularly document their family finances to make sure their nine children, who all have complex health conditions, continue to qualify for Medicaid.

In Texas, People With Fluctuating Incomes Risk Being Cut Off From Medicaid

5:00am June 14, 2017

by Shefali Luthra

Families with income that varies from month to month can find it hard to maintain enrollment in Texas' Medicaid program. The question is whether the program trims waste or creates more red tape.