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Dan Heyman, a veteran journalist with Public News Service, was jailed on the charge of willful disruption of state government processes and was released later on $5,000 bail.
Critics were quick to contradict Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) when he said, “Nobody dies because they don’t have access to health care.”
Voters have been turning out in force to voice their objections to their lawmakers vote on the American Health Care Act.
One of the thorniest issues for Republicans is how to handle the Affordable Care Act's expansion of Medicaid.
Politico looks at four hot-button topics that could cost Republican votes needed to pass health care legislation. Other media outlets offer explanations on taxes, the Byrd Rule and what will happen if the senators can't pass a repeal-and-replace law.
Democrats are concerned that there are no women involved in the health law working group because they say the legislation is particularly harmful to women.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of public health opinions from around the country, ranging from the national response to the opioid crisis to states' continued debate over Medicaid.
Opinion writers offer scathing reviews of the approach Republicans in Congress have so far taken in repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act.
Editorial pages examine a range of health policy issues with the Republicans health bill, the American Health Care Act, including an analysis of two Republican governors' signals on preexisting conditions and doubts about how people with mental illness fare.
Media outlets report on news from Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Maryland, Florida, Washington and Texas.
“There is significant evidence that ICE does know about many of the deficiencies in its medical care system, but that it has failed to take swift and appropriate action,” the Human Rights Watch says in the report.
Is there room for anti-abortion lawmakers in the Democratic Party? Leaders are split on the issue.
Salt may actually be involved in weight loss. In other public health news: Facebook and suicide, loneliness in seniors, gunshot wounds, and autism.
There are pockets in the country where people can expect to live 20 years less than residents in other areas. The research echoes other findings in recent years that show that the United States is failing to keep up with improvements in longevity seen in other affluent nations.
The workshop, hosted by the Food and Drug Administration, is designed to review the ways that physicians can treat pain and safely prescribe opioids. But Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is concerned that the preliminary list of groups that are scheduled to participate in the workshop have ties to drugmakers. Meanwhile, states are being overwhelmed by the increased popularity of fentanyl.
In the world of murky prices and "gotcha" medical bills, there are some things a patient can do in advance to avoid getting blindsided by the cost of care.
The judge expressed reservations about allowing the deal to be terminated but said it was "a long shot" for Anthem to succeed in winning merger approval.
The program, which was set up by former governor Mike Pence, who is now vice president, and consultant Seema Verma, who now heads the agency that runs Medicaid and Medicare, requires people getting benefits to contribute to their premiums if they want the top level of care. State officials said, however, that only a small share of those who missed a payment ended up losing their health care for the state’s required six-month lockout period. News outlets also reported on Medicaid news from Alabama, Kansas and Nevada.
But President Donald Trump's proposal to cut nearly $6 billion from the National Institutes of Health budget was one of "several elephants in the room" that did not come up during the meeting, according to NIH Director Francis Collins.
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