First Edition: December 18, 2014
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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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 California, Georgia, Virginia, Missouri, New York, Massachusetts, Colorado and Missouri.
Elsewhere, a woman accused of defrauding Medicaid to help an undocumented immigrant get prenatal care sees the case against her dismissed.
The Wall Street Journal looks at how businesses are experimenting with more aggressive and personalized approaches to encourage employees to lose weight. Meanwhile, CVS projects strong earnings growth as a result of specialty drugs and acquisitions.
The accounts could be used to pay for education, housing and health care, among other needs. Also in news from Capitol Hill, House Democrats released a report showing how many people in each congressional district risk losing assistance if the Supreme Court upholds the challenge to premium subsidies in the health care law.
Elsewhere, The New York Times examines the new surgeon general's resolve on taking sometimes unpopular stances.
News outlets report on these Affordable Care Act grants, which are part of $620 million in funding provided to 11 states.
The Detroit Free Press explores some of the issues consumers must think about before choosing individual insurance plans sold through the online marketplaces. Other stories look at how the long-delayed mandate requiring large employers to offer insurance kicks in Jan. 1 and how the penalties increase for not having coverage in 2015.
But African-Americans aren't seeing as much improvement as Latinos and American Indians because many live in states that have not expanded Medicaid, according to the Urban Institute.
A statewide coalition of business, health care and civic groups has formed in Tennessee to support Republican Gov. Bill Haslam, whose expansion plan faces opposition from some GOP legislators.
Meanwhile, in Maryland, exchange officials report that more than 100,000 people have newly enrolled in health plans; and, in Chicago, some residents will face increasing out-of-pocket costs as well as Obamacare premium hikes.
Federal officials said about a million of those new enrollments took place during the week of Dec. 6 through Dec. 12., and about 1.6 million people telephoned the call center between Dec. 13 and Dec. 15.
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 New York, Kansas, Colorado and Missouri.
A new report by the top watchdog for the Department of Veterans Affairs finds errors in the statistics that were released last spring about the number of veterans who died or were harmed by treatment delays. Meanwhile, the defense spending bill approved by Congress requires military personnel facing less-than-honorable discharge to have their cases reviewed by at least one mental health professional.
The justices Monday turned down the state's bid to limit how doctors prescribe pills that are commonly used in early abortions. Without comment, they left intact a ruling that blocks a 2012 Arizona law while a legal challenge plays out.
A federal judge ordered an Irish manufacturer to halt plans to discontinue its widely used medication, Namenda, allegedly to drive patients to a newer drug. The Dublin-based Actavis PLC plans to appeal.
The New York Times reports on this marketplace phenomenon. Meanwhile, in other news regarding health care costs and quality issues, ProPublica examines the Medicare records for doctors who prescribe the most potent painkillers, the Wall Street Journal details the Food and Drug Administration's change of heart regarding a common surgical tool used for hysterectomies and KHN takes a look at outpatient surgical centers.
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