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The report by the state's Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission recommends tightening the cap on profits and increasing oversight of insurers in the program. Meanwhile, in Kansas, reversing a 4 percent emergency budget cut is a priority.
State lawmakers approved this restrictive abortion measure last week and, as it awaits the governor's signature, groups on both sides of the issue are stepping up their lobbying efforts. In related news, Planned Parenthood officials are bracing for efforts in Congress to cut the federal funding the organization receives. Meanwhile, in Texas, abortion providers filed suit in federal court to halt a regulation requiring the burial or cremation of aborted fetal tissue and, in Oklahoma, a plan is being advanced to curb abortions by mandating signs in public restrooms informing pregnant women about where they can receive services.
After reaching an all-time high in 2015, the number of young people who tried or regularly used electronic cigarettes fell in 2016. In related news, Republican House lawmakers urge Vice President-elect Mike Pence to halt an Obama administration rule that would require FDA review of e-cigarette products.
There are many forms of cancer. That is also true for obesity, researchers say. And that may explain why it can be so hard for some to lose weight, since a plan that works for one person may not for another. In other dietary news, daily water intake guidelines are debated.
"About 20 percent of the population use the lion's share of public services," says Duke University professor Terrie Moffitt, a senior researcher on a new study that links those high expenses to the health of the subjects' brains all the way back when they were tested at age 3.
A study finds that the problem has grown quickly and is especially true for rural facilities. Other news stories related to the drug epidemic report on a change in ER doctors' prescribing habits, Philadelphia's spike in overdoses, a controversial gene test for addiction risk and the kratom debate.
A Department of Health and Human Services report finds that those patient safety efforts also prevented 3.1 million hospital-acquired conditions from 2010 to 2015. In other news, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issues an interim rule that takes aim at providers that steer patients eligible for Medicare or Medicaid into private insurance in order to receive higher reimbursement rates.
During the antitrust trial regarding the proposed merger between Aetna and Humana, this issue — and Aetna's role in the Medicare Advantage market — emerge as key elements in the legal arguments.
The nation's largest veterans' organizations urge President-elect Donald Trump to keep Robert McDonald on as Secretary of Veterans Affairs out of concern that some of the rumored candidates for the job would not be a good fit. In other news, Reuters reports on Scott Gottlieb, a former Food and Drug Admnistration deputy commissioner, who is among those being considered to lead the FDA.
Before the health law, insurers could deny coverage or charge higher rates based on an individual-plan applicant's health history. If that were true again today, 52 million Americans have a medical condition that could jeopardize their insurance, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis. (KHN is an editorially independent program of the foundation.)
But Maryland consumers who had been Evergreen Health plan members are facing confusing information about deadlines as they scramble to find new coverage. Evergreen is not allowed to sell individual health plans as it waits for regulators to determine if it can convert to a for-profit insurer.
Even as the Senate majority leader confirmed that Republicans plan to repeal elements of President Barack Obama's signature health law early next year, some GOP lawmakers are beginning to focus on the need to take steps to stabilize the individual insurance market so that the millions of people who gained coverage as a result of Obamacare aren't harmed. Also, could red-state Democrats be tempted to support repeal efforts?
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Opinion writers analyze the coming debate on repealing and replacing the health law.
Outlets report on health news from Ohio, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Arizona, Minnesota and California.
There's a growing interest in how a person's geographical location determines their wellbeing — and researchers want to tap into that to offer targeted policy changes to improve overall public health. In other public health news: accidental shooting deaths in children; abstinence-only education; healthy food; lasting damage from traumatic accidents; preschools; and superbugs.
Other news stories focus on the increase of elderly isolation and the challenges unpaid family caregivers face in caring for aging loved ones.
Many patients taking opioids say their doctor did not provide information on how to get off the powerful painkillers. In other news, with drug overdose deaths continuing to rise, the crisis will be one of the front-burner issues Donald Trump will have to address when coming into the White House.
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