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The Ceners for Medicare & Medicaid Services said there were enough questions about the data’s accuracy that it should not be released for research use.
The merger was worth $9.4 billion.
Gov. John Kasich is a strong supporter of the state's Medicaid expansion but the lawmakers want to freeze it. News outlets also report on Medicaid issues in Montana and Georgia.
Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee says he's frustrated with how Democrats are approaching the issue. The delay is a gift for the pharmaceutical industry, which has worked to put the brakes on a number of congressional and administrative efforts to bring down prescription drug prices.
Dr. Jerome M. Adams oversaw the efforts to combat the HIV outbreak that ravaged the state's Scott County.
Premier Health Plan, based in Dayton, Ohio, and Memorial Hermann Health Systems in Texas each announce they will not participate in the health law's insurance market in 2018.
NPR maps out a timeline of when changes proposed in the Republican would take effect.
The Washington Post and other outlets look at the effects the legislation will have on consumers, employees, people recovering from addiction, women and more.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, of New York, wants Republicans and President Donald Trump to reach out to find a bipartisan solution on health care. Meanwhile, Sen. Bernie Sanders blasted the legislation as "obscene."
President Donald Trump tweeted the idea -- which mirrors ones held by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) -- in a reversal of previous statements he's made.
“The fewer changes, the more of all these pieces you leave in place, the closer and closer it comes to looking like current law,” said Adam Looney, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
In an effort to win votes, everything from opioid funding to cheaper health plans is on the table.
Media outlets look at the dynamics emerging between Republican senators as health bill negotiations proceed. Meanwhile, it looks unlikely that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, will hit a self-imposed deadline to get a new bill to the CBO by Friday.
At the request of Democrats, the Congressional Budget Office releases a more detailed and long-ranging report on the effects that the Republican plan would have on the federal-state program for low-income people.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Much of the heated discourse surrounding Senate Republican's Better Care Reconciliation Act has to do with Medicaid and opinion writers across the country have things to say about it.
Editorial pages highlight the politics in play -- questioning whether the GOP health law revamp has lost its ties to traditional Republican ideology, whether it is "political kryptonite" and who will ultimately be responsible for its success or failure.
Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
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