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The move to end the subsidies, which help low-income consumers afford coverage, is likely to cause upheaval in the health law's marketplace. Democrats are blasting the decision as "spiteful" and another way that the president is trying to sabotage the Affordable Care Act.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Media outlets report on news from Minnesota, Michigan, Tennessee, California, Massachusetts, Ohio, Georgia and Oregon.
Loyola Medicine will buy MacNeal Hospital, and Tenet is looking to sell its other three hospitals in the city, as well.
The therapy uses patients' own immune system to help fight the disease, but it can lead to dangerous complications. In other public health news: cervical cancer, the evolution of cells, stroke risks, high blood pressure, vaccines and more.
Officials say the long-term psychological injuries after a hurricane outpace more immediate issues and swamp the health care system long after emergency workers go home and shelters shut down. Meanwhile, health care providers are flocking to Puerto Rico to offer their help, and a study finds that evacuating residents from a nursing home before a storm actually increases the chances of death or injury.
Perhaps nowhere in New York City has the trajectory of opioid addiction been as complex as in the Bronx, which lost more residents to drug overdoses last year than any other New York City borough.
Michael Laufer's latest plan involves developing a desktop lab and a recipe book meant to equip patients to cook up a range of medicines, including a homemade version of the expensive hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, on their kitchen counters. In other news: an old FDA program is responsible for higher drug prices and lawmakers want more oversight over the 340B program, which allows hospitals to purchase drugs at a discounted rate.
Although the number of these plans earning four stars or better have fallen slightly, more beneficiaries are signing up for the higher performing plans.
The state would have to address a nearly $1 billion shortfall if Congress doesn't renew funding for the popular program.
“As millions of women watch this administration take away fundamental health care like birth control, they’re also paying attention to all those members of Congress who are not standing up to fight for them,” says Erica Sackin, political communications director for the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
The state is seeking a federal waiver to set up its own insurance marketplace, which officials said could offer better prices to consumers. But the change would also mean that customers could not get federal subsidies to help them defray costs. Also, news outlets report on marketplace news in Tennessee and California.
The order is supposed to ease rules on small businesses banding together to buy health insurance and lift limits on the sale of short-term insurance.
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