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Anxious and angry constituents continue to show up at Republicans' town hall meetings with concerns over the future of health care coverage, but lawmakers don't have concrete answers to provide.
Health savings accounts are a popular feature in Republicans' plans to replace the Affordable Care Act, with the idea that patients who are spending their own money will do more to shop around for the best price.
It was believed that the Senate would be the chamber where efforts to dismantle the law would face the most challenges, but as Republicans become more divided on how to move forward with repeal, the House might be the problem child. Meanwhile, new ads supporting repeal are going after vulnerable Democrats, lawmakers may be able to roll back insurance regulations through reconciliation and why some want to keep the Cadillac tax.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
News outlets report on stories related to pharmaceutical drug pricing.
Outlets report on news from New Hampshire, Texas, Florida, Oregon, California, Missouri and Minnesota.
It is also the only high-income country without universal health insurance coverage and has the largest share of unmet health-care needs due to financial costs. In other public health news: vaccines, heart disease, testosterone, art therapy and post-election stress.
Many lawmakers across the country are motivated by the way their loved ones have been touched by the epidemic. "We're all here because we have this empty void in our lives," said Minnesota state Rep. Dave Baker, whose son started out taking prescription drugs for back pain and died of a heroin overdose in 2011. Media outlets report on the crisis out of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Georgia.
The federal judge said the state did not provide credible evidence that the organization violated medical or ethical standards related to abortion procedures.
The state has worked to clear up many other Medicaid backlogs, but applications for long-term care are often complicated and the decisions still lag, KCUR reports. Other outlets also report on Medicaid news in Minnesota and Colorado.
Also, another look at what it means for a Medicare beneficiary to be "under observation."
For those who were able to get federal subsidies, the health law was a blessing. The ones who didn't were left feeling angry and short-changed.
House Republicans had filed the suit in response to a series of President Barack Obama’s unilateral executive actions on paying insurers that they said were unconstitutional.
In addition to a credit to help people buy insurance, Republicans have suggested opening up some employer-sponsored health insurance plans to taxation. Both ideas are drawing opposition from the right wing of the party. Meanwhile, the fight over Medicaid looms large in the Senate.
“With all due respect, sir, you’re the man that talked about the death panels. We’re going to create one great big death panel in this country,” the vice chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party’s Rural Caucus said at Sen. Chuck Grassley's town hall meeting. Across the country, lawmakers are facing agitated and concerned voters during their weeklong recess.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Opinion writers offer a variety of views on how the plans being advanced by the Trump administration and GOP Congress will shape a range of health concerns — from the effort to repeal, replace or repair the health law to federal health programs and Planned Parenthood's future.
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