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As Republicans work on dismantling former President Barack Obama's health law, the question becomes what standards of coverage will be set in their replacement plan. Meanwhile, women who gained protection under the ACA stand to lose a lot if the regulations are rolled back, and entrepreneurs are forced to consider a job change, fearing the high costs of insurance that may come in the future.
There's a chance some states will not have any insurers selling health plans to individuals buying coverage on their own for 2018 if Congress and the president don't give companies guidance on what the future of health care coverage is going to look like.
Using the word "repair" to describe the effort “captures exactly what the large majority of the American people want,” said Frank Luntz, a prominent Republican consultant and pollster who addressed GOP lawmakers at their Philadelphia retreat. Meanwhile, members of the Freedom Caucus talk with senators about their replacement plans, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is calling for all health law taxes to be stripped away and Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, leads hearings this week on dismantling the legislation.
The Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee were boycotting the vote on Rep. Tom Price because of ethics concerns.
David J. Shulkin, the sole holdover from the Obama administration, faced the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on Wednesday and is expected to be approved by the full Senate.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
In the face of a boycott by Democrats on the panel, Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee temporarily suspended a rule that would have required at least one Democrat to be present for a vote to go forward on Tom Price's nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
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News outlets report on stories related to pharmaceutical drug pricing.
Outlets report on news from Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, Colorado, New Hampshire, Georgia, California and Florida.
Today's other public news stories focus on treating constipation, using games and crafts to stave off mental decline, a patient accidentally injected with drug-resistant bacteria and tainted medical scopes.
The House subcommittee looked at specific issues such as third-party liabilities and excess spending but didn't tackle some of the larger questions on whether to keep the health law's expansion of Medicaid or turning to a block grant program. Also, Democrats complained about claims by some conservatives that the expansion left many disabled people on waiting lists for services.
Chief Executive Mark T. Bertolini said the company has lost $450 million on ACA-compliant coverage last year -- $100 million more than it expected.
David Shulkin, who is in line to be the lone ex-Obama administration official serving in Trump's Cabinet, is expected to advocate for a measured response over dramatic changes to the system at his Senate hearing on Wednesday.
"My guess is pharma is waiting to see how it plays out and which side the public opinion goes,” said Hank Greely, director of the Center for Law and the Biosciences at Stanford Law School. “I think that’s prudent — but another word for prudent, of course, is ‘cowardly.’” Meanwhile, hospitals are already feeling the effects of the ban, and hundreds of medical students and doctors want Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to cancel its fundraiser at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida in light of the order.
Although Neil Gorsuch has little history on abortion, he has written extensively on “inherently valuable” human life and sided against the health law's contraception mandate by calling out a provision that would require the objecting businesses to “underwrite payments for drugs or devices that can have the effect of destroying a fertilized human egg.”
Although it's touted as a way to drive down costs, the idea of selling insurance across state lines is riddled with complications that deter many regulators from adopting the option. Meanwhile, some Republicans are criticizing their own party for being caught flat-footed on repeal and replace following the elections. And a variety of business and labor groups are concerned about tax breaks for employer-sponsored health insurance.
The new administration pulled outreach efforts last week, and as the Tuesday deadline arrived, enrollment volunteers noticed a decrease in demand from last year.
The Senate Finance Committee was scheduled to vote on Tom Price, the Trump administration nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, but Democrats refused to show as part of a larger campaign to oppose the president's Cabinet choices.
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