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There are a variety of ideas about the Graham-Cassidy bill now pending in the Senate, with some saying it's "poison" and others praising its intent to give states flexibility.
Editorial pages feature opinions praising this "last-chance" legislation or calling it "nonsense" and "cynical." They also detail how, regardless of the outcome of the vote planned for next week, the GOP will own it.
Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
Media outlets report on news from Texas, North Carolina, Maine, Florida, California, Nevada, Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Louisiana and Minnesota.
Starting in February 2018, if CVS-covered patients arrive at the pharmacy with a prescription above its new limits, the pharmacy will kick it back to the doctor for review.
Dr. Dennis Charney has spent years studying trauma. And then he joined the ranks of the patients he worked with. In other public health news, ADHD, embryo editing, effects of gender stereotypes, the science of weight loss, the flu and more.
Staff at the home entered normal vital signs into the medical records of several residents after they had already been evacuated, Florida officials said.
If Pfizer is successful, it could discourage brand name companies from using deals with insurers to limit competition in the emerging biosimilar market. If Pfizer loses, the case could highlight a strategy those companies could continue to use to deter competition.
Each one of the chartered flights is estimated to have cost tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price has advocated cost-cutting at his agency. His predecessors often traveled by commercial flights or on trains.
A bipartisan deal on the popular Children's Health Insurance Program was reached by senators earlier this month, but it looks unlikely to get a vote before the program's authority expires on Sept. 30 because the Senate is consumed with efforts to replace the federal health law. Also in Medicaid news, officials in New Mexico unveil plans to charge enrollees premiums and copayments.
Because of all the uncertainty in D.C., states like Kentucky, Mississippi and Virginia are approving average rates for major insurers that are at least 25 percent higher than they were in 2017. Meanwhile, Department of Health and Human Services documents show that outreach efforts under the Obama administration actually were working.
The health policy debate is more complicated than the soundbites from both sides may convey.
Former President Barack Obama spoke about the frustration of watching "people trying to undo that hard-won progress for the 50th or 60th time with bills that would raise costs or reduce coverage."
Not only would the legislation further destabilize the marketplace and jeopardize patient care, but it could potentially allow “government-controlled single payer health care to grow,” said AHIP's Marilyn B. Tavenner. Among the other groups opposed to the bill are the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association and more.
Democrats are trying to rally to stop the last-ditch Republican efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. If they can stop it, will Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) convince President Donald Trump to consider modest reform measures?
By President Donald Trump's reckoning, “we’re at 47 or 48 already, senators, and a lot of others are looking at it very positively.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) left himself some wiggle room if negotiations don't go his way.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) says states would have to tell the government how they would provide “adequate and affordable” coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. Experts say that's not enough.
Outlets take a look at what's in the Graham-Cassidy bill and how it would all work.
A new study by Avalere Health finds that red states would disproportionately benefit, while 34 states would be hit hard by cuts under the proposal for Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
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