This is the first in a series of roundups of multimedia content about healthcare: images, video, and audio of news reports, hearings, advertisements, and commentary. If you create content that we should include, please let us know.

“Even Insured Patients Struggle as Health Care Costs Rise” was the first in a series of in-depth stories on The Newshour (PBS) about health care policy challenges facing the new administration. Watch the report, or read the transcript.

Many Americans heeded President-elect Obama and HHS Secretary designee Daschle’s call for community discussions on health care policies over the holidays:

Former Senate Majority Leader and President-elect Obama’s pick for HHS Secretary Tom Daschle (D-SD) testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee Thursday (1/8):

(Watch all of Daschle’s January 8 testimony here.)

For more coverage of Daschle’s confirmation hearing, listen to this Newshour report from Thursday evening: video or audio.

And a new ad (from the American Cancer Society, the Cancer Action Network, the American Medical Association, Families USA, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Service Employees International Union, and Regence BlueCross BlueShield) promoting health care reform as a top priority for 2009:

Related posts:

1. Multimedia Roundup: Jan. 12-16
2. Blog Roundup: David Blumenthal for Top Health IT Policy Advisor Position, and more on Health IT
3. Roundup of Discussions Surrounding the Health Care Funding Debates in Congress
4. Blog Roundup: The Economic Stimulus Bills and Health Care
5. Video blog roundup: Health care reform debate goes public

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