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The borrowing spree is happening as Congress debates whether to do away with long-held tax exemptions on these types of bonds beginning Jan. 1. Meanwhile, lawmakers are mulling what to do about the health law's insurance tax.
The companies may have to return any surplus they used to cover cost-sharing reduction costs since the Trump administration cut off the payments in October.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) threw her support behind the Republican tax bill on the agreement that the Senate would take up the bipartisan health legislation that is aimed at stabilizing the marketplace. But even though she extracted the promise from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the rest of the GOP leadership isn't ready with uphold the bargain.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
Media outlets report on news from Massachusetts, Florida, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Texas, Tennessee, Washington, Colorado and California.
Meanwhile, in Ohio, the state's medical marijuana program moves forward despite missteps.
In other news regarding hospitals, an Ohio hospital system reports on its community investment; in Florida, a Senate panel approves legislation that would allow surgery centers to treat patients overnight; and an Arizona hospital clashes with an Irish hospital over its name.
On Wednesday, after more than a decade of debate, the university's high-security lab cleared the final step necessary to begin researching infectious agents with the designation of being Biosafety Level 4 pathogens.
A hemophilia expert called the results "striking" and just another example of a gene therapy renaissance that has brought patients with rare inherited diseases closer to potential cures. In other public health news: exercise and fat; skin cancer; a ketogenic diet; the flu; and more.
Dr. Jerome Adams' brother has struggled with addiction for many years, and that has given the surgeon general a unique perspective on the best way to combat the raging opioid epidemic.
A wide-ranging study finds that women who use birth control pills or other contraceptive devices that release hormones, despite being designed to be safer than older versions, show a small increase in breast cancer risk.
The money will instead go to Veterans Administration hospitals that can use it more broadly as long as they show they are dealing with homelessness in some way.
The nursing home industry asked for the delay to have more time to implement changes, but consumer advocates are criticizing the decision.
A survey for The Associated Press finds that "Medicaid recipients are invested in their health, with 4 out of 5 saying they have a personal doctor, 3 out of 5 saying they eat healthy, and nearly half saying they exercise frequently." In other Medicaid news, New Mexico has submitted a waiver request but officials pulled back on some of the costs they were hoping to pass along to enrollees, and Louisiana reports its program is not spending as much as anticipated.
Following on the heels of the announcement of the proposed CVS-Aetna merger, the deal is the latest to show how health care companies are adapting to an increasingly uncertain industry.
“Costs remain reasonably under control but are still [rising] at a rate that is too rapid to be affordable for society,” said Paul Ginsburg, a health policy professor at the University of Southern California.
President Donald Trump promised repeatedly on the campaign trail that he wouldn't touch Medicare, but House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is confident he can make his case for cutting the program.
About 3.6 million people have signed up through Dec. 2, but barring an unusually strong final surge, experts say it's unlikely that enrollment for 2018 will match the initial 12.2 million who signed up for this year's coverage because of a shorter enrollment period.
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