Posts from the ‘Kaiser Permanente’ Category

Health Care

• Nearly Half The Country Doesn't Know Health Law Exists May 17, 2013
  A new poll finds 42 percent of Americans aren't sure that the Affordable Care Act is actually a law. Guest Host Celeste Headlee discusses this and other health care-related issues with Mary Agnes Carey, senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News, and NPR's Senior Washington Editor, Ron Elving. […]
• Swell Of Goodwill For First Medicare Chief Confirmed Since 2004 May 16, 2013
  Marilyn Tavenner, who has been running the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services in an acting capacity since late 2011, has a big job. The agency oversees health coverage for more than 100 million Americans. […]
• Gosnell Verdict Raises Questions About Access To Abortions May 16, 2013
  Wednesday's prison sentencing of Philadelphia abortion provider Kermit Gosnell raises the question of who has access to safe, legal abortions, and who does not. Host Michel Martin explores this question with The Root political correspondent Keli Goff and NPR Health Policy Correspondent Julie Rovner. […]