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As resistance mounts on Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) try to ensure passage of the American Health Care Act. However, the tension may be putting a strain on an already fragile relationship between the two.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the nation.
Opinion writers offer their analysis of the impact that the Congressional Budget Office's calculations regarding the American Health Care Act are having on the GOP repeal-and-replace effort.
Editorial pages offer a variety of views on the House GOP's American Health Care Act.
For some editorial and opinion writers, the list of losers appears longer.
Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
Outlets report on news from Florida, Minnesota, California, Texas and Virginia.
However, in the past President Donald Trump has voiced "100 percent" support for medical marijuana.
That anxiety can interfere more with daily activities and responsibilities, researchers find. In other public health news, a group of doctors warns that Americans are sicker due to climate change. And experts looks to practices in Oregon as end-of-life examples.
Stem cell clinics are flourishing, but the government has not done much to protect patients from the sometimes risky treatments.
Stat profiles the 41-day struggle of a West Virginia mother and father to get professional help for their 21-year-old daughter before it was too late. In other news on the nation's drug crisis, Food and Drug Administration panels reconsider Opana, a pain doctor in Massachusetts faces fraud charges and a former drug policy director weighs in on the potential impact of Republicans' replacement health plan.
The ruling will determine if general language in the state constitution's Bill of Rights protects the right to an abortion independently of the U.S. Constitution. Media outlets report on other news from Alabama and Texas.
PBMs are coming under increased scrutiny as public's ire grows over price gouging.
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price is sharply questioned during a televised meeting about Republican plans to cut Medicaid funding. Also in the news are reports about a recent letter Price and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Director Seema Verma sent states about their flexibility on Medicaid procedures, doctor reimbursement issues in Georgia and a long-running controversy in Iowa.
The administration's budget blueprint proposes reducing the Department of Health and Human Service's funding by 18 percent -- with more than a third of the $15.1 billion in cuts coming from the National Institutes of Health, the government’s main engine of biomedical research.
Under the complicated rules that allow Republicans to try to move legislation through the Senate without a filibuster, any changes to the Affordable Care Act must be related to the budget. That means essential health benefits will be left to regulators.
Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish is seeking a continuation of cost-sharing subsidies and "appropriate" funding for Medicaid in Republican legislation to replace the federal health law. At the same time, several high-profile groups representing doctors and hospitals are gearing up to fight the GOP proposal.
The plan offers billions of dollars’ worth of tax cuts to health insurers, pharmaceutical companies, investors and even tanning salon operators -- amounting to nearly $1 trillion over a decade. Meanwhile, The Washington Post fact checks claims about the medical device tax.
More than 12 million signed up for coverage under the Affordable Care Act as premiums increased, but advocates blame the small decrease on the Trump administration's failure to make a spirited enrollment push.
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