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The government’s current funding expires on March 23, and Republicans are pushing provisions related to women's reproductive health that Democrats say they won't give in on. Meanwhile, one lawmaker wants to include a proposal to fight high drug prices in the final spending bill.
So far, five states — Maine, Arizona, Utah, Wisconsin and Kansas — have applied for waivers from the Health and Human Services Department to put a cap on how long Medicaid beneficiaries can receive health benefits. In other news, the Medicaid expansion stalemate in Virginia continues as lawmakers say they won't be able to reach a budget deal by the scheduled conclusion of the session.
The analysis found that the elimination of the individual mandate in 2019 will be the main driver of the spike in premiums. "The middle class will be priced out of insurance in about a third of America," said Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California.
Idaho invited insurers to submit coverage plans that don't measure up to the health law's requirements. While CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the government has a duty to enforce and uphold the law, she also suggested that with slight modifications the coverage could be legally offered as a short-term plan.
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The effort is the latest attempt by states seeking to test the Supreme Court's ruling on when abortions can be performed. Meanwhile, the Indiana Legislature sent a bill to the governor that would change the way medical providers report on abortion complications.
After the Trump administration released guidance that work mandates would be approved, many red states have begun jumping at the chance to add restrictions to their Medicaid programs. Media outlets report on Medicaid news out of Virginia, Arkansas and Florida, as well.
If the UCSF researchers are right that the adult human brain does not produce any detectable new neurons in the area that’s supposedly ground zero for neuronal creation, 20 years of neuroscience textbooks have to be rewritten. In other public health news: pre-teen suicide, male doctors in gynecology, probiotics, cancer, and aging.
U.S. District Judge Dan Polster is overseeing a case that consolidated more than 350 lawsuits from cities and states across the country against drugmakers for their alleged role in the opioid epidemic. Although Polster has been pushing for both sides to talk and get to the root of the crisis, it may end up going to court.
Although the legislation falls short of many of the demands from students affected by the Parkland shooting and other advocates, if it is signed the bill will be the first successful gun control measure in Florida in more than 20 years. Media outlets take a look at what made it in the final draft.
The latest legislation introduced in the Senate would limit the ability of a company to transfer patent rights to a foreign country or under legal claims of tribal sovereign immunity.
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb's sharp words for the pharmaceutical industry are seen as a strong signal of his interest in curbing high drug costs.
Democrats are opposed to new additions to the fiscal 2018 Labor-Health and Human Services funding measure that target Planned Parenthood and other reproductive health programs.
A leaked memo from the Trump administration includes new demands in return for the president's support, but lawmakers are marching forward with their efforts and are optimistic for a deal soon. Meanwhile, a group of attorneys general is speaking out against a rule to allow states to work around certain health law requirements.
Three Veterans Affairs programs under now-VA Secretary David Shulkin's management from 2015 to 2016 knew of "serious, persistent deficiencies," a VA internal watchdog report finds. Meanwhile, Shulkin announced an overhaul of the senior leadership overseeing almost two dozen troubled hospitals across the country.
“We view this as a strategic investment. It will be important to the care of patients and we also can presumably make money,” says Thomas Thornton, senior vice president of Northwell Ventures, the for-profit arm of a health system in New York.
Cigna would acquire Express Scripts in a cash-and-stock deal worth about $52 billion, excluding debt, the companies say.
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