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Even as key committees considered the legislation, industry groups including the American Medical Association and the American Hospital Association joined with organizations representing seniors and patients to oppose the House Republican's plan to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Within the Republican caucus, the House health plan is drawing concern and even opposition from both conservative and moderate lawmakers. The plan is also highlighting the divide among some GOP governors, especially those in states that chose to pursue the health law's Medicaid expansion, and congressional leaders. And the measure, in its current form, could face challenges when it reaches the Senate, where Republicans have a slimmer margin of victory.
The repeal-and-replace plan cleared its first hurdle when it was approved by the House Ways & Means Committee, but the process was acrimonious -- marked by Democratic efforts to slow progress. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) hopes the measure will clear the full House by the end of the week, but he is facing pressure from his party's right wing to make the bill a more aggressive repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
More early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Today's early-morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial pages across the country take on how the Republican's American Health Care Act might impact their states.
A selection of opinions from around the country.
Opinion writers offer their unflattering takes on the Republican's replacement plan.
Even as this legislative proposal is met with substantial criticism among editorial writers, not everyone takes this hard line. Some opinion writers offer views on the process ahead.
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
News outlets report on stories related to pharmaceutical drug pricing.
In other news on the nation's opioid epidemic, a New Hampshire hospital sees benefits after telling surgeons to cut back on prescribing painkillers, dentists in New Jersey also curb the use of opioids and an Ohio coroner works to fight the state's heroin crisis.
Though the health risks of obesity are widely known, experts say that the difficulty of shedding weight and keeping it off is a top reason behind the trend. Today's other public health stories cover hepatitis C, arthritis, genetic testing and HIV.
In his tweet, the president promised that he's working on a way to curb high drug prices for Americans.
Media outlets in California, Tennessee, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Massachusetts, Maryland, Texas, Georgia, Virginia and Connecticut report on the Republican health care plan.
Health care companies are still parsing the new legislation but some of the moves are bound to please -- such as the elimination of some taxes -- while others are cause for concern.
The American Hospital Association came out strongly against the Republicans' plan.
Critics says the policies in the Republicans' plan help the wealthy and hurt low-income Americans. Meanwhile, comments by House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, about iPhones and health care provoke some fiery responses, and a look at how lottery winners will be affected by the new plan.
It's a thorny issue that has plagued the Democrats, and now it's the Republicans' turn.
A look at how taxes will work under the American Health Care Act.
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