Cuba leans on cheaper home visits and health surveys to catch health problems early on. Could this approach help parts of Chicago, where nearly 15 babies per 1,000 do not reach their first birthday?
One woman takes Obamacare’s promise to Bangladeshi immigrants
We speak with Marcia Greenburger, founder and co-president of the National Women’s Law Center, about how insurance protection for women will change under health care reform.
Peter Nicks tells us about his project “The Waiting Room,” which follows the life and times of patients and staff at a county hospital in Oakland, California, where many patients are uninsured and seek care with no way to pay their bills.
The debate over the future of American health care rages on. For a view from the Hill as well as the heartland, The Takeaway is joined by Washington Correspondent Todd Zwillich and public radio reporters Adam Allington and Michael Puente.
President Obama is hitting the airways to sell his health care reform plan. For more, The Takeaway turns to Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich and Princeton professor of sociology and public policy Paul Starr.
A large part of the health care debate is about the numbers. To help figure out what health care would cost for both the average citizen and the U.S. government, The Takeaway talks to David Herzenhorn, congressional reporter for The New York Times.
