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Republican lawmakers are challenging Gov. Bill Walker's decision to use executive action to implement the expansion but a report they ordered may not help their case. Also, outlets report on Medicaid expansion news in North Carolina and South Dakota and the future of the program after the 2016 presidential election.
The Congressional Budget Office on Monday updated its projections about how many people would sign up for health insurance, dropping the number from 21 million to 13 million.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
News outlets report on health care developments in Georgia, South Carolina, Utah, Maryland, New York, West Virginia, Virginia, Massachusetts and Kansas.
Federal watchdog also finds that a quarter of these children don't see a dentist at all. Two key parts of the problem are that few dentists take the low Medicaid reimbursements and many consumers don't realize the importance of dental care. Other articles look at Medicaid news in Iowa, Nevada and Alaska.
In the future, people may be willing to pay to ensure their health care information remains private, technology experts say. In other health IT news, Epic Systems is finding success in the expanding electronic health records market.
The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission argues against the programs, saying they violate anti-discrimination laws, but the agency is facing a series of setbacks at court as proponents champion the health care savings the programs engender. Elsewhere, The Washington Post looks at government neglect and the Flint water crisis.
Prescription management organizations are trying to spark a price war between pharmaceutical companies, but patients could be forced to switch to a different brand of medication in the process. In other pharmaceutical news, drug shortages in ERs have spiked and scientists are turning to a decades-old treatment to help curb a growing resistance to antibiotics.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said Cigna did not handle complaints and grievances from patients properly. The suspension will not affect those already enrolled.
Utah legislators have been hesitant to move forward with the health law's Medicaid expansion, but several are planning to propose other ways to cover low-income residents. Also in the news, three Georgia lawmakers debate expansion.
"It’s making a difference for millions of Americans every day [and] it is only going to get better,” the president says. Also in the news, a look at some health plans that exclude outpatient surgeries, Ohio's lagging enrollment effort, the latest Mississippi figures and the House's postponement of a vote on health care.
Hillary Clinton says she just has a different way of working toward providing coverage to everyone than her opponent Bernie Sanders. Meanwhile, Bloomberg News examines her claims that "HillaryCare" was the precursor to the Affordable Care Act. And, Sanders' "Medicare-for-all" proposal would hit working seniors with tax increases.
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
News outlets report on health care developments in Virginia, Hawaii, California, Florida, Delaware, Texas, Colorado and Missouri.
As about half the states work to keep costs down through these managed care plans, enrollees and their families have faced a rocky transition, The Chicago Tribune reports. In other Medicaid news, federal officials set a new rule on outpatient drug reimbursement, Vermont's governor proposes some changes to help the budget and the debate in Iowa over moving to managed care intensifies.
Due to federal law, fewer than 32,000 physicians in the country are able to prescribe buprenorphine, which has been shown to offer a greater chance at recovery from opioid addiction. Meanwhile, in Ohio, thousands have been saved by the use of Naloxone in the first nine months of 2015.
The 2015 law prohibits doctors from a common practice of using forceps or similar instruments on a live fetus to remove it from the womb in pieces. Two abortion providers filed a lawsuit against the ban, which was the first in the nation. In other news, a new app looks to cut the doctor's office out of birth control access.
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