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A House subcommittee’s draft 2018 spending plan bars federal funds from being spent on such research, a win for conservatives who are also taking aim at money for family planning programs. Only a small portion of the NIH budget was spent on fetal tissue research in 2016.
Ohio is seeking waivers for the individual and employer mandates in the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile, Colorado is expected to announce its premium increases today, and residents have been warned to be braced for sharp hikes.
The board reports that it will be depleted in 2029, a year later than the Obama administration had last projected. The estimate helped avoid activating the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
“Too many trusted medical professionals like doctors, nurses and pharmacists have chosen to violate their oaths and put greed ahead of their patients,” says Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Many of the crimes were related to the opioid epidemic sweeping the country.
Despite acknowledging how tough it is going to be to get legislation passed, President Donald Trump voiced optimism that Congress will get it done.
Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) have been working on a measure that they could sell to Democrats as a "repair" bill.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is a crucial vote, and a new provision seems to recognize that fact.
The move is a departure from earlier plans to repeal the taxes.
The reduction of more than $750 billion to the program over a decade is one of the sticking points for many Republicans opposed to the legislation.
The option is part of an amendment by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that was included in the newly unveiled legislation despite insurers' warning that it will further destabilize the marketplace.
Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) have already said they won't support the new bill, which leaves Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell no room for error in his quest for 50 votes.
Here's a look at some of the overall changes that were made between the two drafts.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
There have been concessions made to both moderates and conservatives, but the road to 50 votes is far from clear.
Opinion writers offer their analysis of the ongoing debate on Capitol Hill and across the country over health care reforms and other issues.
Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
Media outlets report on news from California, Colorado, Maryland, Illinois, Florida, Missouri, Wisconsin, New Hampshire and Ohio.
The nurses union at Tufts Medical Center held a one-day strike over a contract dispute centered on the administrators' plans to alter retirement benefits.
Researchers found that the way children search out social experiences is connected to genetics. In other public health news: prostate cancer, Zika, food safety and diets, deadly infections and more.
Two former sales reps pleaded guilty to violating the federal anti-kickback law in bribing doctors to prescribe Subsys. A look at the case shows how companies can get doctors to do their bidding.
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