California Healthline Rounds Up Broadcast Media Coverage of Medicare Signing
The following are highlights from the broadcast programs that reported on President Bush's signing of the Medicare legislation (HR 1).
- ABCNews' "World News Tonight": U.S. residents are "skeptical" of the new Medicare law, according to an ABCNews/Washington Post poll (Morris, ABCNews, 12/8). The results of the poll are available online.
- CBS' "Evening News": The segment includes comments from Bush, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Dr. Gail Wilensky, senior fellow at Project HOPE and a former CMS administrator (Roberts, "Evening News," CBS, 12/8). The full segment is available online in RealPlayer.
- CNN's "Inside Politics": The segment includes comments from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) (Woodruff, "Inside Politics," CNN, 12/8). The full transcript of the program is available online.
- NBC's "Nightly News": The segment includes comments from Bush, Kennedy and Pelosi (O'Donnell, "Nightly News," NBC, 12/8). The full segment is available online in Windows Media.
- "Nightly Business Report": The segment includes comments from Bush; Pelosi; Rep. Tom Delay (R-Texas); Douglas Holtz-Eakin, director of the Congressional Budget Office; and Max Pappas of Citizens for a Sound Economy (Woods, "Nightly Business Report," 12/8). The full transcript of the program is available online.
- NPR's "All Things Considered": The segment includes comments from Bush and Pelosi (Naylor, "All Things Considered," NPR, 12/8). The full segment is available online in RealPlayer.
- NPR's "All Things Considered": The segment includes comments from Brian Biles, a professor at George Washington University; Karen Ignagni, president of the AAHP-HIAA; and Marilyn Moon, health program director of American Institutes for Research (Prakash, "All Things Considered," NPR, 12/8). The full segment is available online in RealPlayer.
- NPR's "Day to Day": Slate senior writer Timothy Noah interviews attorney Marc Miller about the legal implications of allegations that some House Republicans offered Rep. Nick Smith (R-Mich.) money for his son's election campaign if he voted for the Medicare legislation (Noah, "Day to Day," NPR, 12/8). The full segment is available online in RealPlayer.
- NPR's "Morning Edition": The segment includes comments from Bush; Kennedy; Dr. Bruce Vladeck, CMS administrator under the Clinton administration; Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.); and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) (Rovner, "Morning Edition," NPR, 12/9). The full segment is available online in RealPlayer.
- PBS' "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer": The segment includes comments from David Certner, director of federal affairs for AARP, and Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA (Suarez, "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," PBS, 12/8). The full transcript of the segment is available online. The full segment is available online in RealPlayer.