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Among the flashpoints for the GOP will be how to deal with the health law, including expected action on the medical device tax and the law's definition of a full-time worker.
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 Florida, California, Georgia, Texas, New York, Virginia, the District of Columbia, Kansas and Missouri.
The Washington Post compares for-profit and nonprofit hospices on several measures, including the amount of money spent per patient. Other stories look at a rural doctor who makes house calls to dying patients, and at the lack of training for most caregivers who tend to frail elderly people in their homes.
In a change from tradition, the president will take a three-day tour to highlight his initiatives before his State of the Union address.
The law's requirements that most Americans carry health insurance means that all filers must indicate whether they had coverage last year and got tax credits to help pay for it. Other media outlets look at how low-wage industries are hiring more part-timers to minimize the law's impact on their bottom lines and how big deductibles are leading some Americans to put off getting care.
Some GOP governors have shown a willingness to negotiate with the federal government on the issue, but legislators are less interested. News outlets also look at specific efforts in Texas and Arizona.
Officials say more than 7 million Americans have signed up for coverage so far using the health law's marketplaces -- more than 6.5 million of them through the federal exchange. But the health law brings new challenges in some places like Kentucky and Idaho.
News outlets report that Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the Senate's new majority leader, plans to take action to undo some parts of the health law, but he acknowledges that a full repeal is unlikely. Also, some reports examine goals of other Republican congressional leaders
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
A selection of stories that affect states and local communities around the country, with reports from Massachusetts, Arizona, Texas, Iowa, Minnesota, South Carolina and Kansas.
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
The federal administrative judge says former director Sharon Helman received more than $13,000 in trips and gifts from a health industry lobbyist.
The Constitution guarantees prisoners the same medical care that's standard in the community, reports NPR. The trouble is, that standard of care changed practically overnight for those with hepatitis C, which is more common among inmates than among the general public. Meanwhile, Bloomberg News examines the market fallout of the deal between Express Scripts and AbbVie.
However, men who have had sex with other men in the past year are still not allowed to donate. Scientists say modern screening methods for HIV make the lifetime ban unnecessary.
And in North Carolina, a charity is offering to pay premiums for some low-income residents.
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