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The requests will test the Obama administration's flexibility. Also, Alaska lawmakers are in special session but so far not making any headway on Medicaid expansion. Florida's governor is asking a court for an injunction to stop federal officials from linking the state's refusal to expand Medicaid with lower funding for hospitals that serve low-income patients.
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 Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
News outlets examine health care issues in Kansas, Massachusetts, California, Pennsylvania, Montana, Missouri, Minnesota, Texas and Ohio.
In other state Medicaid news, the federal government is urging the Supreme Court to reject a request from Maine's governor to allow the elimination of Medicaid coverage for thousands of young adults. In Missouri, Gov. Jay Nixon faces a deadline regarding whether he will OK an expansion of managed care within the insurance program for low-income people to become law. And Maryland's governor must make more budget decisions, including whether to fund some health care initiatives.
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine raises questions about some of the conventional wisdom surrounding hospice care.
Karen DeSalvo has been the acting assistant secretary for health since October 2014. Also, in advance of expected regulations from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the nursing home industry will announce plans to expand its quality improvement initiative.
The "national nurse" would be charged with public education campaigns aimed at reducing obesity and heart disease, among other diseases. In the House, meanwhile, a bill is introduced to require researchers to study female animals and cells as well as male ones so that treatments reflect gender differences. And a proposed delay in the switch to the ICD-10 medical billing code pits doctors against hospitals.
Also making news in the health care marketplace: Alexion Pharmaceuticals agrees to pay $8.4 billion, twice market value, for Synageva BioPharma Corp. And WellCare Health Plans Inc. beats profit estimates with earnings of $17.5 million, due in part to a 25.8 percent jump in Medicaid membership.
The drugmaker is creating an independent panel to respond to the growing number of terminally ill patients who have sought to obtain drugs still in the testing phase that show promise for treating their diseases.
The state is asking the federal government to continue providing $1 billion for hospitals that provide care to many low-income patients, but the Obama administration says expanding Medicaid is a better solution.
In the last year and a half since the Affordable Care Act was implemented, gains have been made across all types of insurance, from employer-provided health plans to Medicaid, according to a new report. The analysis tallied 22.8 million newly insured and 5.9 million who lost coverage.
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 Indiana, California, Nevada, Colorado and New York,
Meanwhile, South Carolina will repay the federal government $1.6 million related to room-and-board costs for patients with intellectual disabilities under a special Medicaid program.
Under the Texas law, private health insurance plans and those offered through the federal marketplace could only cover the procedure in medical emergencies. In Iowa, the governor wants to change an odd provision that requires his sign off for payments of the state's Medicaid-covered abortions.
In declaring his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, the preacher, TV host and former governor pledged to protect popular but increasingly costly programs for older Americans, putting him at odds with several of his rivals.
A bipartisan group of senators says efforts by the Department of Veterans Affairs to fix delays in handling veterans claims are insufficient and calls for the Government Accountability Office to investigate all 56 regional offices. Meanwhile, California lawmakers push for a new clinic to serve 87,000 veterans.
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