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Some states are trying to stem the bills for consumers who face high costs for getting care from out-of-network providers. Elsewhere, KHN looks at high insurance rate hikes, Ted Cruz fights his own party on health law subsidies and President Barack Obama takes to TV to defend the law.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Each week, KHN's Alana Pockros finds interesting reads from around the Web.
News outlets report on health issues from Maryland, Missouri, Massachusetts, D.C., Kansas, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, Georgia, Indiana, North Carolina and Tennessee.
The state's Medicaid program announced that doctors, hospitals and other health care providers would be given a reprieve from the scheduled cut. Meanwhile, in North Carolina, people got a first look at a long-awaited Medicaid reform plan.
In other news, a fight is beginning to brew in the Indiana legislature over a clinic law set to take effect in July.
Walgreens plans to offer a smartphone app that will link doctors and patients in 25 states, while insurers UnitedHealth Group and Anthem will make their telemedicine services available to about 40 million additional people by next year. Meanwhile, an FDA panel backs a second cholesterol drug for patients with dangerously high levels of the artery-clogging substance.
ProPublica reports that Medicare spent $377 million for anti-anxiety medications in 2013, the first year after Congress had lifted a ban on such drugs. Meanwhile, Stanford researchers use electronic health records to discover that people who take commonly used heartburn medications are at greater risk of heart attacks.
A soon-to-be-released study says President Barack Obama's comments on Supreme Court cases differ from past presidents' because of their intensity. His legacy, however, hangs in the balance as the High Court considers his signature health care law.
Gov. Rick Scott has argued that the Obama administration is pressuring the state to expand Medicaid by reducing funds for hospitals that treat large numbers of uninsured patients.
Costs are so high for some with preexisting conditions that the plans have little value, some say. In Oregon, a top public health official had been previously fired from a similar post in Ohio for disparaging that agency.
With high deductibles and copays, many people with coverage under the health law are still struggling with their part of the bill, and many turn to community resources to fill the gap. The Fiscal Times reports on community health centers that have seen an uptick in patients while KHN tells the story of a Georgia woman faced with a tough decision over eye surgery.
Other repercussions could include financial stress on many consumers, a tricky Republican transition to make changes to the health care system and new limits that stop states from shrinking their Medicaid rolls.
This small provision in the sweeping trade legislation would pay for a workers’ aid program through cuts to Medicare providers. It's drawn Democratic opposition and put the future of the broader trade bill at risk.
The legislation, which revives a jettisoned health law provision that created fears about "death panels," was introduced by Sens. Mark Warner, a Democrat, and Johnny Isakson, a Republican. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans say they will address concerns about a program that pays doctors and hospitals to adopt electronic health records, while House Republicans propose trimming the IRS budget.
The HHS secretary told the House Ways and Means Committee that it will be up to Congress and the states to help consumers if the court strikes down subsidies used to help purchase insurance on the federal health marketplace. But Republicans argued that the president must work with them to change the law.
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 issues from Massachusetts, Florida, Georgia, California, New Jersey and New York,
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