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The Obama administration said it had become aware of “discriminatory benefit designs” that discouraged people with costly chronic illnesses such as AIDS from enrolling because of age or medical condition, The New York Times reports. Also, a California group sues Aetna, alleging that requirements for mail-order drugs threaten patient privacy.
Meanwhile, federal officials move to make health coverage summaries more user-friendly.
The challenge does not target the expansion of benefits to up to 600,000 Pennsylvanians who will become newly eligible Jan. 1.
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Although officials in Gov. Peter Shumlin's administration say they want to implement some less ambitious parts of the plan, many advocates of a single-payer health system fear the Vermont effort may have set back their cause.
In addition, Modern Healthcare reports on the debate over whether programs to encourage efficiency and prevent hospital readmissions are helping control health care costs.
The accounts will allow those with disabilities to save for long-term health, housing and other needs.
The New York Times details how at these hospitals, whistleblowing is sometimes met with punishment. Elsewhere, homeless and struggling veterans in California get access to medical care and other services.
In Florida, some question whether Medicaid managed care is the right solution. North Carolina continues to explore Medicaid expansion. In Texas, Gov. Perry fires officials over a Medicaid contract.
Since taking the helm in 2009, Cindy Mann, deputy administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has overseen historic expansions of both Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
The largest manager of U.S. prescription drug benefits, Express Scripts, announced that it would require all patients to use AbbVie's newly approved hepatitis C treatment rather than two costly regimens made by rival Gilead Sciences.
Bloomberg News explores the impact of prescription drugs that cost $50,000 a year or more. Other outlets examine how Latinos and African-Americans struggle with access to care because of cultural and language barriers. And NPR profiles one family's battle to get their child access to an experimental drug.
News outlets examine how the federal government, Minnesota, California, Oregon and Massachusetts are working to get people who don't have a plan from work to enroll on the insurance exchanges.
The coalition of 279 patient groups wants more safeguards for consumers and language that would prohibit specific practices by insurance companies. In other news about implementation of the health law, another look at a possible strategy for Republicans opposed to the overhaul and a study about low-cost plans.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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