White House Likely To Appeal Ruling Allowing GOP To Proceed With Health Law Challenge
Meanwhile, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi expressed astonishment at the judge's decision to allow the lawsuit to go forward.
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Meanwhile, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi expressed astonishment at the judge's decision to allow the lawsuit to go forward.
The Connector says changes will make plan selection easier, even though premiums will increase between 2.2 percent and 9.3 percent. News outlets report on other related developments in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Kansas.
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Meanwhile, in the midst of the Illinois budget stalemate, Democrat and Republican legislators joined forces to reject Gov. Bruce Rauner's rewrite of the bill aimed at reducing heroin use.
Meanwhile, news outlets also report on the latest Medicaid developments in Kansas and Illinois.
At issue is a Commonwealth Court judge's order in May that says UPMC must maintain in-network rates until 2019 for people insured by Highmark Medicare Advantage plans. UPMC canceled its Medicare Advantage contract with rival Highmark in April.
Lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill that would allow physicians to prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients. The measure, which is opposed by the Catholic Church and others, must now gain the state senate's final approval.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a candidate for president, has joined with another lawmaker to advance legislation that would empower Medicare to negotiate pharmaceutical prices. Meanwhile, in Senate campaign news, former U.S. Attorney Conner Eldridge is launching an effort to unseat Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark.
The Washington Post examines the hospital and medication costs associated with giving anti-venom. In the meantime, Bloomberg looks at why some venture capitalists' bet on a diet pill failed.
The Associated Press examines the shake-up in the "once-simple doctor-patient relationship, which for generations has served as the gateway to the U.S. health care system." Also, a study compares doctors' hospital referral patterns and the American Board of Anesthesiology is opting to allow its members to forego board recertification.
The union is calling for a strike vote to help bolster its bargaining position. Also in employee benefit news, Kraft Heinz is moving some retirees to health exchanges.
U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary M. Collyer ruled the House can pursue its claim that the administration violated the Constitution when it spent public money that was not appropriated by Congress to pay for the health insurance subsidies.
In the opening salvo of the long-awaited hearings, neither Planned Parenthood nor the anti-abortion group behind the Planned Parenthood sting videos testified.
Stakes are high in this political showdown, and the White House has issued a warning to Congress over the looming deadline, saying a shutdown would be “wildly irresponsible.”
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