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One Republican governor hopes the GOP-controlled Congress and White House will spare his state's "unique" Medicaid expansion program while some self-employed people are getting nervous about what will become of their individual coverage and some experts question whether concerns about medical malpractice are skewing Republican officials' views.
At the same time, Vice President-elect Mike Pence will meet with GOP lawmakers to discuss the best way to dismantle Obamacare. These separate strategy sessions will take place on the second day of the new Congress -- just a little more than two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump moves into the White House.
The resolution, which was introduced yesterday by Budget Committee Chair Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., includes directions that will serve as a vehicle for taking apart much of the statute.
This ambitious and complicated undertaking, which would have significant impact on both the insurance marketplace and political landscape, is leading to differences in opinion among Republican lawmakers about how best to proceed.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Opinion writers offer their views on the politics of repealing and replacing the federal health law.
Outlets report on health news from New Hampshire, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Georgia, New Mexico, Texas, California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Arizona.
A hostage negotiation team says it is better equipped to handle people dealing with acute mental health problems in emergencies instead of resorting to using lethal force. In California, people not living in the U.S. legally are dealing with the mental health ramifications that a fear of deportation and the threat of violence are bringing after the 2016 election.
A program in the largest county in the state is hoping that keeping people in jobs and helping them with housing will lead to better health and fewer emergency room visits. In other state hospital news, a start-up helps hospitals track counterfeit drugs and a dying man's wish to donate his organs is hampered by health provider roadblocks.
U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor says the rule, which was supposed to go into effect Jan. 1, violated federal administration law and could infringe on the religious liberties of health care providers.
The state is considering altering Medicaid eligibility requirements for residents older than 65 who have special-needs trust accounts and require nursing home care and other health services. Outlets also report on Medicaid news in New Mexico, Ohio, Texas and Wisconsin.
Meanwhile, more Minnesota employers are also offering paid parental leave.
Meanwhile, a federal prosecutor who lost his son to a heroin overdose finds himself in a position to combat the nation's drug problem.
News outlets detail how governors and legislatures in Minnesota and California will face uncertainty both in their home states and under the incoming Trump administration as they prepare to tackle a range of health care issues.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden says he is concerned that some people -- including pregnant women -- might become less vigilant in protecting themselves from the virus. Meanwhile, one mosquito-control expert says now is the time to ramp up efforts to fight back against the mosquitoes that carry Zika.
Elsewhere, fewer drugs were approved this year, critics worry the 21st Century Cures Act could make patients more vulnerable and insurers change how they pay for insulin after higher prices.
The Medicare program announced it would withhold part of its reimbursements to 769 hospitals and news outlets from various states detail how their facilities fared.
Even as congressional Republicans set to work on making good on their promise to repeal and replace the health law, the past eight years of Obamacare have meant that it has touched much of the nation's health system and the efforts to undo it will raise a variety of issues, including those about the insurance marketplace.
President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats hope to stop the GOP plan to gut the federal health law by emphasizing the statute's benefits.
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