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Modern Healthcare reports that, even as expansion in some of these red states is possible, an organization funded by the Koch brothers is stepping up its billion-dollar game to stop further expansions. Meanwhile, news outlets from Ohio and Kansas report on in-state dynamics related to expansion plans and debates.
With the deadline Sunday, the pace of sign-ups accelerated across the country, with particularly strong interest in the South, and officials said they expected the final tally to surpass last year's numbers.
The questions have to do with whether plaintiffs in King. v. Burwell have standing in the lawsuit and have created a new level of uncertainty about the case.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
A selection of health policy stories Kansas, North Dakota, California, Virginia, Connecticut, Texas, Colorado, Iowa and North Carolina.
Meanwhile, hospitals wrestle with paying charity care costs and other bottom line issues. Also, news outlets from California, Iowa and North Carolina report on hospital developments related to mental health care.
The Associated Press reports that Mississippi and Tennessee, which refuse to exempt school children from mandatory vaccinations based on their parents' religious or personal beliefs, have the nation's highest vaccination rates. And on Capitol Hill, lawmakers offer bipartisan support for the use of vaccines to inoculate against preventable infectious diseases.
In other medical-practice news, questions emerge about whether some pediatricians are comfortable offering and are adequately trained in handling IUDs for sexually active teenagers even as this long-acting contraception option is recommended by medical groups such as the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Those increases offset retail losses stemming from the company's decision to stop selling cigarettes.
The long-term prospects and sustainability of these plans has been under scrutiny since December when CoOportunity Health — which offered plans in Iowa and Nebraska — was liquidated. Other health law headlines include reports about the added layer of difficulty the health law introduces into this year's tax season and Texas' high stakes in King v. Burwell.
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Wyoming, Utah and Montana all offer evidence of the different ways these debates are playing out around the country.
For most people the opportunity to sign up for a 2015 health plan ends on Sunday. News outlets look at a variety of enrollment issues, including consumers' increasing use of brokers to help choose plans and the abundance of high deductible insurance plans being offered.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
A selection of health policy stories from Massachusetts, Iowa, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, California, Georgia, North Carolina, Delaware and Kansas.
Stateline reports that California, Oregon and other jurisdictions are working to tighten regulations so that fewer nonmedical exemptions are allowed. These steps are being taken as the case count in the California-centered measles outbreak continues to rise.
According to a report released by BIO, a biotechnology trade group, these medicines are often more expensive but get less insurer push back because less-expensive alternatives are scarce. In addition, new glaucoma treatments are poised to shake up the multi-billion dollar market.
As news continues to swirl around the recent cyberattack on the health insurer Anthem, more information is emerging about the value of health data on the black market, about the laws in place to protect against breaches of personal health information and about the review underway in New York to tighten up the system.
The Wall Street Journal reports that one of the challengers in this lawsuit, which questions the legality of using the health law's tax credits to purchase insurance via healthcare.gov, listed her address as a short-stay motel in Virginia. Other news outlets report on what segment of the population is most likely to lose coverage if the high court strikes down the tax credits and what ideas "beyond repeal and replace" are being floated around.
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