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News outlets report on health issues in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Arizona, New Mexico, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, New York and California.
The plan to move Medicaid into private managed care plans must still be approved by federal officials. Also in the news, a look at the woman leading the effort to change Alabama's Medicaid system, a dispute in Colorado over a Medicaid tax and the federal government stopping reimbursements at a hospital in South Dakota.
The package is designed to help avoid losing more than $1 billion in federal matching funds for Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program for low-income residents.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating more than a dozen cases where pregnant women whose only exposure to Zika was through unprotected sex have been infected.
Prominent chapters have left the national organization over concerns including whether fundraising money should go to finding a cure or providing care for those living with the disease.
The newly confirmed Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf says his agency can't alone solve the problem, but he pledges to support the development of harder-to-abuse painkillers, as well as encourage the safe disposal of such drugs. In other FDA news, the agency is asking the maker of Essure to conduct a new study on risks following reports of adverse effects from the sterilization device.
The U.S. has taken a one-size-fits all approach when it comes to packaging for expensive high-tech drugs, which has led to extraordinary waste, a new study finds.
Just back from a two-month medical leave, Valeant Pharmaceutical's Michael Pearson sought to reassure Wall Street analysts over the drugmaker's financial disclosures. In other pharmaceutical news, the FDA approves orphan designation for a BioMarin gene therapy. And Johnson & Johnson and Bayer face charges that the firms mislead medical journals over the safety of Xarelto.
Republican legislators who brought the suit have not yet decided whether to appeal. News outlets also report on lawmakers in Idaho suggesting Medicaid expansion could still be on the agenda and efforts in New Hampshire to find funding for that state's expansion.
The company agreed to the payment to end civil and criminal probes of charges that it bribed doctors and hospitals to buy Olympus endoscopes and devices. A corporate whistleblower may collect $51 million from the settlement.
Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump nabbed at least 7 states, with Sen. Bernie Sanders holding on to 4, including his home state of Vermont, and Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio taking 3 and 1, respectively. The vast majority of voters did not rank health care as the most important issue.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the court in one of the first cases since Antonin Scalia's death, says that the law, which requires insurance companies to provide state officials with health care data, could impose a major financial burden on health care providers.
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt goes before the high court on Wednesday. It is the first major abortion case the court has heard in almost a decade.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions from around the country.
Newspapers around the country provide opinions about the abortion case pending before the Supreme Court and other related issues.
News outlets report on health issues in Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio and Texas.
An Iowa television station reports that advocates in Kansas say a move to managed care for the Medicaid system brought problems in oversight, confusing reimbursement requirements and cuts to care. Also in Medicaid news, a look at the Medicaid and health care issues before the Minnesota legislature and expectations about North Carolina's plans to revamp Medicaid.
During an outbreak in French Polynesia, health officials noticed an increase in patients with Guillain-Barre symptoms -- which include temporary paralysis. In other Zika news, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention forecasts that 20 percent of Puerto Rico's residents will be infected with the virus.
After North Carolina Rep. Renee Ellmers helped stop an abortion ban from going through, anti-abortion group leaders vowed to remember her betrayal. But they have been mostly silent during her primary. In other news, clinics in Maine are using technology to ease access to abortions, and a new poll finds that 78 percent of Latino women surveyed believe a woman should make her own decision on the procedure.
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