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The Department of Health and Human Services published preliminary rate requests on Tuesday, and many states showed steep increases. Media outlets look at the marketplaces in California, Alaska, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Arizona, Connecticut and New Hampshire.
Seven Democrats and six Republican governors from a wide range of states came together with proposals that aren't all new, but may carry more weight considering the bipartisan push behind them.
One proposal in particular -- a measure giving states more flexibility -- is gaining traction with a few senators, but it faces long odds.
The health care debate was a sharp blow to the relationship between President Donald Trump and Republican senators.
The case, which dates back to the Obama administration, was filed by the Republican-led House against the government in an effort to block the subsidy payments to insurers for the individual plans created by the Affordable Care Act. Sixteen attorneys general had filed to defend the subsidies.
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions will hold sessions beginning the week of Sept. 4, in a bid to “stabilize and strengthen” the individual health insurance markets.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Here's a review of editorials and opinions on a range of public health issues.
Editorial writers offer their thoughts on how members of Congress might be able to find a path forward on fixing the health care system.
Media outlets report on news from Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, Minnesota and Colorado.
"This is a field that has been full of skepticism and misconception, where patients have been viewed to have invented their disease. These data clearly show the contrary, and demonstrate what can be achieved when we couple good research design with new technology," said lead author Dr. Jose Montoya.
With controversy around how the show depicted suicide swirling, scientists wanted to find out if the series actually did affect teens watching it.
Dr. Ed Kois and 10 other physicians and medical staff flagged problems at the hospital, but Kois thinks in fixing them it will provide an example for the rest of the country.
Doctors are finding a sympathetic advocate in Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price.
“With approximately 142 Americans dying every day,” notes the report from the president's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, “America is enduring a death toll equal to September 11th every three weeks.”
State officials say that five insurers have agreed to sell coverage in 19 of the 20 counties that were expected to be without an insurer on the Obamacare marketplace next year. Those gaps occurred after Anthem and Premier announced they would not participate in the Affordable Care Act market next year.
The proposal focuses on ideas that have received bipartisan support, such as ensuring subsidy payments for insurers, creating a stability fund for states to tap into to deal with high premiums and repealing the medical device tax.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) bore the brunt of the tactics from the president, his administration and colleagues over her stance on the Republicans' health legislation.
If President Donald Trump cut off the subsidy payments to insurers, which he can decide to do, it would devastate the marketplace. News outlets also look into the president's threats against congressional health care.
Despite threats from President Donald Trump, many in the party are giving up and shifting their attention elsewhere. “Maybe lightning will strike and something will come together but I'm not holding my breath," Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said.
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