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News outlets review key aspects of the 2010 health law, forecast how the debate this time around is shaping up and highlight some aspects of the health care system that are bracing for the outcome.
In a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine, the president acknowledges that the Affordable Care Act has problems but says if Republicans' don't have a firm plan for replacing it when they seek to repeal the law, they could do immense damage to consumers.
Republicans plan to strip the women's health organization of federal money as part of its effort to repeal the health law, according to the House Speaker.
Thirteen moderate Senate Democrats penned a letter Thursday to GOP leaders that included a "long-shot bid" to work together to find bipartisan fixes to Obamacare, rather than dismantle it. At the same time, though, President-elect Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., traded verbal salvos.
Democrats fail in their attempt to offer an amendment to the budget resolution that would have prevented the chamber from taking up legislation to raise health insurance premiums or out-of-pocket costs. But what has become clear is that some of Congress's most stalwart conservatives are signalling their readiness to support a budget that would add more than $1 trillion to the deficit by the end of the decade. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is not among them and is pressing members of the House Freedom Caucus to join him in the opposition.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, have doubts about the current strategy of repealing the health law quickly without a clear plan to move forward with a replacement. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican whose state pursued the measure's Medicaid expansion, also warned against this tactic.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., echoed the sentiments expressed by House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., regarding the need for swift action to repeal and replace Obamacare. But the effective date of those changes will likely be further down the road and some members of the GOP rank and file are concerned that the Affordable Care Act skirmishes ahead could hamstring other aspects of their legislative agenda.
The Congressional Budget Office estimated in 2015 that an Obamacare repeal would result in about 19 million people losing their health insurance. Ideas offered so far do not provide as much financial aid to purchase coverage and could lead to an increase in uninsured people. This possibility is at odds with President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign assurances that people won't be left without.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
In other marketplace news, closing arguments in the Anthem-Cigna merger antitrust trial are delivered, new filing alleges that Alexion managers encouraged improper sales practices by employees and Abbott Labs acquires medical device company St. Jude Medical.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
Outlets report on health news from Colorado, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Illinois, Maryland and Massachusetts.
Needing more time to rule on a lawsuit challenging Texas' requirement that medical providers bury or cremate fetal remains, U.S. District Court Judge Sam Sparks delays its start for another three weeks. The law was scheduled to take effect Dec. 19.
Nationally, the rate rose 24 percent between 2009 and 2014. Other stories on how state and local officials are coping with the opioid crisis are reported from Minnesota, Tennessee, Missouri, Maryland and Ohio.
Meanwhile, a USA Today investigation finds a series of safety-related incidents at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that the agency has tried to keep secret. And the search for a malaria vaccine turns to human volunteers.
Federal spending for Medicare Part D catastrophic coverage — which pays 80 percent of all drug costs once a Medicare beneficiary hits a spending threshold each month — spiked to $33 billion in 2015, a government report shows.
In other transition news, Joe Biden reveals his post-vice presidential plans, which include continued cancer and prescription drug costs work.
The state legislature passed a law in 2013 prohibiting this sort of executive action, but Gov. Roy Cooper says it "infringes" on a governor's right to negotiate Medicaid issues with the federal government. Also in Medicaid news from other states, a study identifies expansion benefits in Michigan, New York's governor releases data about the effects there and Arkansas's governor asks the incoming Trump administration to soften the expansion rules.
As Republicans begin their effort to repeal the federal health law, Obama administration officials announce that the number of people getting individual coverage in 2017 is higher than at this time in 2016. Also, news outlets look at enrollment issues in Tennessee, South Carolina and Arizona.
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