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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services say more than 8.8 million people have signed up in 39 states, which is a slight decrease from last year's 9.2 million. Heading into the enrollment season many experts anticipated a steeper dip because the Trump administration slashed the outreach budget and cut the sign-up period in half.
Although tackling entitlement overhaul is a top priority for House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says it's not a feasible goal for the upper chamber.
Funding for CHIP lapsed after Democrats and Republicans clashed on how to pay for a five-year extension of the popular program. States have been getting desperate, as funds dwindled. “You can’t run an insurance program this way,” says Sara Rosenbaum, a professor at George Washington University.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Opinion writers analyze how the tax bill will affect a variety of health issues.
Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
Media outlets report on news from Virginia, Texas, Arizona, Illinois, New York, Missouri, California and Kansas.
The state made a similar request last year and was denied, but officials are hopeful the new administration will be more receptive to the idea. Outlets report on Medicaid news out of Mississippi and Oregon, as well.
ProPublica offers a look at waste in the industry and talks to health care leaders or policymakers about how it could be reduced.
The field is breaking down barriers with startling frequency. In other public health news: sitting and heart health; hot tea and eyesight; the rain and pain; salad and the brain; and more.
The United States has not seen two years of declining life expectancy since 1962 and 1963, and the numbers paint a grim picture if the opioid epidemic is not brought under control.
The drug, Keveyis, received orphan status in 2015, which triggered a huge price spike. Now lawmakers are seeking an analysis from the company about why it went up so much. In other pharmaceutical news: a report finds that drugmakers have avoided more than $1.3 billion in Medicaid drug rebates between 2012 and 2016; the president's desire to cut regulations could actually backfire at the FDA; and a settlement over drug coupons could be the start of a broader crackdown.
The Trump administration is looking to literally change the conversation with its list of words that agencies should avoid. But the effort has sparked a firestorm among advocates, Democrats and even the officials in charge of drafting the budgets.
It seems likely that Congress will push any decision on CHIP funding until next year, and states and parents who rely on the program are starting to panic.
The legislation sharply reduces the personal income tax rate for owners of pass-through entities, which is how most physician and dental practices are organized.
The tax legislation kills the individual mandate, a key component of the Affordable Care Act, but many of it's parts remain in tact.
Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had promised Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) that in exchange for her vote on the tax package, he would push through legislation shoring up the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. But the pact faced strong resistance in the House.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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