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Massachusetts is just the latest state to effectively be denied a waiver. Some say it's the administration's attempt to sabotage the Affordable Care Act, but others see the rejection as something else.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) introduce a measure they say would get rid of the individual mandate and offer unspecified "pro-life protections."
President Donald Trump joined Republican senators for their weekly lunch on Tuesday. They've been anxiously awaiting direction from the president -- who has given mixed signals on where he stands on the Alexander-Murray health bill -- but Trump didn't provide concrete guidance.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Opinion writers offer thoughts about the health care debate in the country.
Media outlets report on news from New Hampshire, Missouri, Massachusetts, New York, California, Florida, Kansas, Oregon, Minnesota and New Jersey.
When a gun show is held in California, the state sees no measurable increase in injuries and deaths in the following two weeks. However, when one is held in Nevada, which doesn't have the same regulations as its neighbor, such incidents jump by nearly 70 percent in California region's within two hours.
ProPublica offers a look at the "embarrassing" state of data collection on maternal deaths in the country. In other public health news: fixing birth defects in the womb; discrimination; Uber for birth control; diabetes; firefighters and cancer; germs; and more.
"Just because one event [Medicaid expansion] occurred during a period of increasing opioid deaths, many from illicit sources doesn't mean that it caused the increase in deaths," says David A. Fiellin, a professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine.
While they're not providing the kind of services patients could get at high-end independent practices, they are offering options such as same-day appointments or access to doctors via text for those who can afford it.
The science on the potential link between talcum powder and ovarian cancer is still being fiercely debated.
Hospital pharmacists across the country are racing to find an alternative to a product called a Mini-Bag, which dilutes intravenous drugs for patients. But that's just the first of what providers and officials fear will be many shortages of drugs and devices following in the wake of the hurricane.
Democrats say the five-year renewal would cut the Affordable Care Act's public health prevention fund and raise Medicare rates for wealthy seniors.
With enrollment season only a little more than a week away, state officials made the decision to withdraw their waiver request to opt out of the Affordable Care Act exchanges.
Josh Peck, the author of the analysis, estimates that 1.1 million fewer people will sign up for coverage in 2018. Peck calls the findings a "best case scenario" because he didn't take into account any of the administration's other actions.
Conflicting statements from President Donald Trump have made it hard for lawmakers to know exactly where he stands on the measure proposed by Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) to shore up the Obamacare marketplaces.
Attorneys general from 18 states and D.C. asked the court for an immediate order halting President Donald Trump's decision to cut off federal payments to health insurers. The judge seemed skeptical of their arguments, but aims to issue a ruling Tuesday.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
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