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The Veterans Affairs senior procurement official sent a memo to VA Sec. Robert McDonald saying the department violated federal contracting rules and engaged in "gross mismanagement."
Big brokerage firms like Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley are offering advice to wealthier retirees on health care expenses. Elsewhere, a billionaire sounds the baby-boomer health care-costs alarm, and PBS NewsHour looks at COBRA versus Medicare coverage.
A former health-insurance worker was surprised and concerned that her Havasu, Ariz., hospital charged so much for an hour-long eye-lid procedure. But her health insurer agreed to pay nearly $30,000, saying the charges were "allowable." Elsewhere, the Montana Supreme Court revived a case accusing hospitals of unfairly charging different rates for insured and uninsured patients.
House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., says a funding boost for the Food and Drug Administration is going to be added when the measure is considered by the full committee next week.
The bill, which was a revised version of earlier legislation that GOP leaders pulled after objections from their own caucus, passed 242 to 184. It is expected to face a tough path in the Senate and has already triggered a veto threat from the White House.
Meanwhile, Hawaii plans to use the federal government's software to run its troubled state exchange. And the counties making up metro Atlanta had the highest Obamacare enrollment in Georgia.
The lines are particularly stark between expansion and non-expansion states. Meanwhile, news outlets in Louisiana, Alaska and Tennessee also report on the latest developments.
Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a freshman senator and a physician, recommends allowing states to opt out of the health law if the Supreme Court strikes down subsidies in federal exchange states. Meanwhile, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said the GOP will "rue the day" if the court strikes the subsidies.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
News outlets examine health care issues in Vermont, Missouri, New York, Indiana, California, Georgia, Minnesota, Oregon, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Arizona.
Based on a study of Illinois, New York and California, the Government Accountability Office concluded that state records regarding Medicaid provider payments are sometimes inaccurate or incomplete. Meanwhile, Ohio settles a pending lawsuit regarding Medicaid recipients who were dropped from the program after state officials "redetermined" eligibility. And, in Wisconsin, an audit highlights problems with a Medicaid transportation contractor.
The policy, if implemented, would allow gay men to donate blood if they have abstained from sex with men for a year. The current policy bans donations from men if they have ever had sex with other men.
Some employers say gay couples must marry in order to gain coverage for their partners. Elsewhere, some insurers are paying hospitals what they think they should pay for care.
To tackle the problem, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., suggested to the Department of Veterans Affairs that it use its emergency powers to override patents on the new, more expensive hepatitis C drugs. And a VA official asked senators to allow the agency to shift funds to pay for the treatments. In other budget news, lawmakers refused a VA request to redirect money to pay for an unfinished hospital near Denver.
Costly specialty drugs drove up the number of Americans to 139,000 who spent that amount or greater last year to fill their prescriptions, according to pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts.
Results released from the first part of the study for the drug, Contrave, made by Orexigen Therapeutics, showed a big reduction in risk of heart attacks and strokes, but academics who were overseeing the study are questioning the results and say the release of information violated agreements on how the study would be handled. Elsewhere researchers probe the link between a dietary supplement with an amphetamine-type stimulant and a woman's stroke.
In that scenario, the 15,000 congressional staffers, lawmakers and dependents who get insurance through D.C.'s small-business exchange would still receive government contributions to help pay premiums, while some of their constituents lose their subsidies. Meanwhile, a conservative coalition continues to target what they call an "exemption" for Congress from the health law.
The Senate is also expected to produce its version of the measure, which touches on a variety of aspects of the health care system, technology and medical research.
Gov. Rick Scott also says the battle over whether Florida should expand its Medicaid program may keep the state from enacting tax breaks or improving funding for schools. Elsewhere, Alaska lawmakers begin to dig in again on the expansion controversy there.
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