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Many questions remain about what exactly the enrollment period will look like, and if President Donald Trump and his administration will try to undermine sign-ups. Meanwhile, the damage may already be done to the individual marketplace following months of uncertainty.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Opinion writers analyze where Congress turns now on the health law and the factors affecting the political decisions.
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
Outlets report on news from Texas, Vermont, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, California, Illinois, Florida, Kansas, Ohio and Louisiana.
Dr. Jennifer Gunter is loved and loathed by many for taking on Republicans, President Donald Trump and Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle brand Goop. In other public health news: seniors who don't take their meds, back pain, transgender police recruits and flame retardants.
Much of the criminal justice system still takes a punitive approach to addiction. Many who work in corrections believe, incorrectly, that treatments like methadone, itself an opioid, allow inmates to get high and simply replace one addiction with another. In other news on the crisis: driving under the influence; answers about the epidemic; how health law repeal would hurt those fighting addiction; and more.
In a phone call with Mexico's leader, President Donald Trump called New Hampshire a "drug-infested den," and placed the blame on Mexican cartels. However, the crisis has its roots in prescription drug abuse, which can come from a local doctor.
There are veterans who are making hours-long car trips just to get chemotherapy treatment. Pilot programs, such as offering van rides to those who don't have transportation, are being instituted across the country, but funding for them can be tight to nonexistent. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump praises a new telehealth program to try to address that problem.
The decision did not go over well with supporters of the rule. ““The public deserves full transparency on how the health care industry performs. Instead, transparency has been sacrificed to accommodate special interests that lobby to avoid disclosing embarrassing information about health care quality,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group.
"I think a company — any size company — would be incredibly afraid to just cancel its insurance policy and say the hell with it," says business owner Walt Rowen.
Minuteman Health Inc., which served customers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, was one of the small customer-owned insurance companies established by the federal health law. News outlets also look at other Obamacare insurance issues elsewhere.
Aetna added Medicare customers and grew the health plans it provides for large employers. A pullback from the Affordable Care Act's health insurance exchanges also helped its business improve compared to last year's quarter.
Last year, a fierce battle emerged over Sarepta's new muscular dystrophy drug, in which FDA official Janet Woodcock approved the treatment -- overruling the recommendations of a review team and an advisory committee. Newly released emails show what happened next.
The legislation says terminally ill patients can ask drug companies for experimental treatments, but companies often are reluctant to provide unapproved products for a variety of reasons. And the FDA has a system to handle requests for such drugs.
The fees account for about $1.4 billion of the FDA’s approximately $5 billion annual budget and help pay for agency reviews that get the products to the marketplace.
Many had hoped they would be leaving for recess with repeal under their belts. Meanwhile, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch announces that his committee will start holding health care hearings when lawmakers return in September.
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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