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Opinion writers offer their thoughts on this question, outline ways the health law can be spared and examine the direction in which the political winds could send the ongoing debate.
Editorial pages across the country offer their thoughts on the blame game as well as the policies and politics that led to last week's dramatic outcome.
Media outlets report on news from D.C., California, Missouri, Colorado, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
A small but growing number of pain doctors and addiction specialists are overseeing the use of marijuana as a substitute for more potent and dangerous drugs. In other public health news: the opioid epidemic, lead standards, childhood trauma, multiple sclerosis, Zika, HPV vaccines and concussions.
Press secretary Sean Spicer says the Trump administration won't commit to including the hot-button issue in the upcoming spending bill. In other women's health news, some states are still moving to protect access to contraception and Democrats try to reconcile their platform with a need to include anti-abortion voters.
But the state's Republican lawmakers, who have consistently opposed such a move, appear unlikely to accept the governor's suggestion. News outlets also examine a proposal in Georgia to revamp Medicaid, a look at how the program for low-income Americans has evolved since the 1960s and a request from Wisconsin to add drug tests for eligibility.
Moderate Republicans join with Democrats to easily push through the legislation. But Gov. Sam Brownback has criticized the measure and may veto it.
Stat looked at data from 39 agencies to analyze which segments of the health care industry have settled with the government. It found that pharmaceutical companies paid the most, accounting for almost 80 percent of penalties.
Many expect new Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price to shift the regulations onto a more conservative path, but don't expect him to try to sabotage it completely.
The stock increases stood out on an otherwise dour day for the markets, as investors fret that President Donald Trump's failure to push through the health care overhaul bodes poorly for the rest of his economic agenda.
NPR and Bloomberg challenge the president's claim that the Affordable Care Act is "exploding."
Republicans may be stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to addressing health care. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump hits a new low in the polls after his failure to make a deal on the Republican plan, and ads are already running against a lawmaker who supported the American Health Care Act.
Both President Donald Trump and congressional lawmakers have signaled a new willingness to work with Democrats. Meanwhile, media outlets offer a look at what comes next, now that the American Health Care Act has been pulled.
There's plenty of finger-pointing to go around and it highlights just how hard it will be for Republicans to move forward on any issues despite having control of both chambers and the White House.
Republicans could gut much of the Affordable Care Act by taking action to halt insurer payments, which House GOP lawmakers are already challenging in court. Meanwhile, insurance companies seek help from the government to stabilize the marketplaces and look ahead to next year's plans.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A collection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Premium costs, essential benefits, Medicaid expansion and the fact that the health industry has a huge impact on the financial markets are among the thoughts on which opinion writers continue to focus.
Opinion writers speculate on what will happen now for the future of Obamacare.
Editorial pages examine who dodged the bullets in their states and detail what went wrong with the American Health Care Act.
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