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Administration officials say the website for small-business employees will be ready by Nov. 15. Meanwhile, healthcare.gov -- the site for individual consumers -- is expected to be more user-friendly this time round but will still have back-end issues making it difficult for insurance plans to get timely and complete information. And a Bankrate survey projects that half of Obamacare enrollees may not re-enroll.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
A selection of health policy stories from Georgia, California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Montana, West Virginia and Louisiana.
Medicaid lawsuits and settlements also make news in Kansas and Louisiana. In the meantime, a proposal in Alaska to limit Medicaid payments for physical, occupational and speech therapy draws protests.
Elsewhere, a "health care compact" to give states more control over their health care, and less power to the federal health law, becomes a campaign issue in Kansas.
NPR reports that legal experts contend that certain states may be going too far. In addition, The Associated Press examines how the Ebola protocols for returning military and civilian workers are different.
Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists are building companies to address the needs of baby boomers as they age. Meanwhile, health insurers Cigna, Aetna and Humana continue to report revenue increases as the financial losses from the Affordable Care Act decline in the third quarter.
Also, in other Medicare news, officials cut $60 million from Medicare spending on home health services.
The Wall Street Journal looks at how Democratic messaging on health care and other social and safety-net issues is playing during this election season. Also, the Sacramento Bee and CBS News parse the veracity of campaign ads.
Earlier in the week, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who hopes the mid-terms will not only result in his re-election but also GOP control of the Senate and his own rise to majority leader, made comments that repeal of the health law might not be in the cards. Since then, however, he has sought to reassure conservatives about his opposition to the overhaul. Meanwhile, other news outlets analyze how a Republican majority in the Senate, and other electoral outcomes, might impact the health policy agenda.
Reuters reports that insurers selling 2015 health law plans expect at least 20 percent growth in customers and more than a doubling in some states. Also in the news, reports about enrollment efforts in California and premium cost confusion in Minnesota and North Carolina.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
News outlets offer a variety of opinions on the strategy to fight Ebola and on the issue of quarantining health care workers.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Every week KHN reporter Shefali Luthra selects interesting reading from around the Web.
A selection of health policy stories from Arkansas, California, Tennessee, Michigan, North Carolina and Maryland.
The nurse opts to go for a bike ride Thursday morning against orders from the governor. Meanwhile, California also announces it is setting up a 21-day home quarantine policy for any health care workers returning from West Africa.
Lawyers for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit, arguing that a company can ask employees to undergo voluntary testing but can't impose a penalty on those who decline to submit to health screening tests.
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