“Under President Obama's new health care law, Medicaid will become a very different health coverage program than first envisioned.” FirstsDifferentCareLawPresidentProgramHealth CarePresident ObamaCoverageMedicaidHealth Coverage Author:Fred Upton
“I grew up watching a lot of the coverage of the early U.S. space program, all the way back starting with Mercury and then through Gemini and Apollo and of course going to the moon as the main part of the Apollo program.” WayCoursesSpaceGrewMoonGrew UpProgramStartingApolloCoverageMercurySpace Program Author:Linda M. Godwin
“One night, I was lying in bed, and I was channel surfing between reality TV programs and actual war coverage. On one channel, there's a group of young people competing for I don't even know; and on the next, there's a group of young people fighting in an actual war. I was really tired, and the lines between these stories started to blur in a very unsettling way. That's the moment when Katniss's story came to me.” PeopleKnowsWayWarMomentsStoriesRealityYoungLyingNightFightingNextLinesGroupsTvsBedProgramTiredCompetingSurfingOne NightCoverageBlurReality TvKatniss Author:Suzanne Collins
“A recent analysis of election coverage by the Tindall report which tracks network nicely news programs found that Bernie Sanders received just ten minutes out of 857 minutes of campaign coverage in 2015. Compare that to 234 minutes for Donald Trump, and 113 for Hillary Clinton.” FoundMinutesTrumpTenNewsProgramElectionClintonTrackCampaignsCompareAnalysisReportsCoverage Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“The for-profit health insurance industry is the main obstacle to delivering high quality, universal healthcare for all. It should be replaced with a single-payer system, a public program that guarantees everyone coverage.” ShouldQualityIndustryProgramUniversalProfitObstaclesGuaranteesHealthcareReplacedCoverageDeliveringHigh Quality Author:Kshama Sawant
“Mike Pence and Mitch Daniels in Indiana, the woman who`s coming in to run the Medicaid program at the federal level, her name is Seema Verma, a brilliant young woman, she made Indiana - healthy Indiana work so that actually low-income people in Indiana, actually have real healthcare coverage that they get access to a doctor. Those kinds of reforms on the state level we want see happen in all 50 states.” PeopleWantKindMadeRealStatesHappensRunningYoungNamesLevelsHealthyLowsProgramDoctorsBrilliantAccessIncomeReformHealthcareYoung WomenMikeCoverageIndianaLow IncomeMedicaid Author:Paul Ryan
“The bottom line in 2007 is that enrollment costs are going up substantially, drug coverage is declining and the brand name coverage in the doughnut hole is being eliminated... Medicare D is an insurance program, not a benefit. As consumption increases, so too will cost. The changes in 2007 clearly demonstrate the limitations of the program.” NamesLinesCostDrugBenefitsProgramIncreaseBottomHolesBrandsLimitationConsumptionBottom LineCoverageMedicareDoughnutBrand NamesEnrollment Author:David J. C. MacKay