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Confused on healthcare?
If you’re finding the healthcare debate hard to keep up with, you’re not alone. Here are some helpful recent stories to start making sense of it all:
Capitol News Connection talks to Brooks Jackson of FactCheck.org to separate fact from fiction in the healthcare legislation and explains what impact the debate will have on the economy.
KQED’s Forum weighs the current healthcare legislation options with experts Alain Enthoven, professor emeritus of public and private management at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, Richard Scheffler, distinguished professor of health economics and public policy at UC Berkeley, and Victoria Colliver, health care reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle.
NewsHour’s Paul Solman answers a tough question from a viewer about why medical costs vary from state to state.
Where are you getting your news about the healthcare crisis?
Ask Ben Bernanke
Is there something you always wanted to know about how the Federal Reserve works, but were afraid to ask? After two days of testimony this week on the economy and the stimulus package, Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke will sit down with the NewsHour’s Jim Lehrer to answer your questions on July 26. Submit your questions now!
Cash-strapped California
With an economy larger than most countries in the world, how can the state of California be in so much financial trouble? NPR is taking an in-depth look at how the Golden State went broke, and what’s being done to dig out with a series called California in Crisis.
San Francisco’s KQED has a collection of economic coverage that tracks the California situation, including reports on how small businesses are coping and whether the downturn is actually creating opportunity for the state’s tech hubs in Silicon Valley.
And NewsHour talked to Patchwork Nation’s Dante Chinni about the foreclosures in monied burbs — a key community in struggling California.
Listen to the interview here: Foreclosures in Monied Burbs? and read the full report.
What is EconomyStory.org?
When we were setting out to create a site to cover the economy, it was difficult to figure out where to begin. There’s a lot of great material already out there, but how can we as public media tell a different story that allows readers, listeners, and viewers to figure out what’s really important and get a sense of how things are interconnected?
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