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With about seven weeks to go until the end of open enrollment, almost 2 million new customers have signed up for coverage and another 4.5 million policyholders either re-enrolled or were automatically renewed in their policies in the 37 states that participate in the federal exchange.
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.
And, in Kansas, researchers says the federal government lacks a proper plan to care for returning soldiers wounded on the battleground.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon says the new rules conflict with federal law. Also in news affecting seniors, the Justice Department files a complaint against Onmicare Inc., alleging the pharmacy services provider received kickbacks from a drug maker.
After a week-long visit to West Africa, Thomas Frieden, who heads the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says he sees "real momentum" in Liberia, but also “sobering” challenges, such as a shortage of beds, in neighboring Sierra Leone and Guinea.
The therapies, often used for patients with terminal illnesses, are now being tried to treat people dealing with diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's. Also, The New York Times examines restaurant offerings with big calories.
While the agreement between Express Scripts, the nation's largest pharmacy benefits manager, and drug maker AbbVie will make the new hepatitis C treatment Viekira available to people with early stage liver disease, some patients will not be good candidates for it. Meanwhile, Express Scripts will cover the $84,000 Sovaldi only in limited cases.
Elsewhere, new draft guidelines suggest yearly blood pressure tests for everyone over 40 years old or if they have other risk factors.
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., ruled that the 2011 law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and describe sonogram images to pregnant women at least four hours before an abortion is "ideological in intent" and violates doctors' free-speech rights.
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.
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 Virginia, Colorado, Texas, North Carolina and D.C.
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.
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