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The federal government will soon mandate that restaurants and a host of other food-service establishments with at least 20 locations display the calorie counts for food they serve. The rules take effect a year from now.
Meanwhile, advocates praise new rules that will make it easier for consumers to figure out which drugs are covered in exchange plans while others parse rules about abortion coverages.
In other news, the number of prison inmates with severe mental health problems is overwhelming governments' ability to treat them.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Also, retirees of big companies are being moved off of health plans, and advocates help African Americans understand their elevated risk of Alzheimer's.
The Wall Street Journal looks at the history of the tool used during hysterectomies and reports that some doctors continued it even after the risks of it spreading cancer were known.
Tens of thousands of people with severe mental health problems go without care and many end up on the street, as well as in jails and shelters, reports The Denver Post. Meanwhile, a report on Newtown Elementary School shooter Adam Lanza cites his parents' denial about the extent of his problems and missed opportunities to intervene by educators, mental health professionals and doctors.
Many oncologists are selling their practices to hospitals, and consumers are finding that treatments suddenly cost more, with higher co-payments for patients and higher bills for insurers. Meanwhile, some experts are challenging the notion that the U.S. faces a growing doctor shortage.
The MIT economist and the CMS administrator have been called by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., to testify about "repeated transparency failures" on the health law.
Darin Gordon, in remarks to medical students, points to the state's experience 20 years ago when it tried on its own to expand TennCare. The state found that it could not support the program and scaled it back. Also, Medicaid expansion news from Virginia, New York and Kansas.
Congress will not fix technical issues in the law, forcing the Supreme Court to rule on the legality of a part of the law that many say is merely a typo.
The federal funding to get the marketplaces up and running will end soon, The Associated Press reports. Other outlets examine enrollment and outreach efforts in California, Connecticut, New York, North Carolina and Florida.
The suit says the administration acted unlawfully when it postponed penalties in the law for larger employers who don't offer health insurance, among other things.
The proposed rules would also set up a permanent enrollment window that would run from Oct. 1 through Dec. 15 every year. Meanwhile, the administration is tightening rules about how insurers go about charging women for abortion coverage to ensure that federal money isn't used to cover the procedure.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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