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The Chicago Sun-Times examines the health law's effect on local emergency rooms, while the Los Angeles Times reports that state officials are investigating whether Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California violated state law by posting inaccurate provider lists.
A selection of health policy stories from Ohio, Oregon, New York, Colorado, Iowa, New Jersey, North Carolina, Georgia, California and Minnesota.
States seek to recoup funds from technology companies that were involved in creating the online insurance portals that malfunctioned. Meanwhile, Massachusetts reaches a deal on payment while Maryland considers moving to the federal marketplace.
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the country.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including news stories about healthcare.gov management changes.
Public Citizen called on 20 hospitals to stop partnering with companies that promote low-cost medical screenings, which it says can lead to unneeded, expensive and even risky follow-up exams.
The agreement would allow doctors to prescribe it for a half-dozen medical conditions, but some lawmakers say the deal was more limited than they had hoped.
And former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson is urging Medicare to cover some obesity medicines.
Elsewhere, more subpoenas are issued in the investigation of whether some Hill staffers may have leaked Medicare policy news to stock brokers.
At least 39 female inmates in California prisons underwent sterilizations in which the women's informed consent was in question, according to a state audit released Thursday.
A study to be released in the next several weeks by an Illinois advocacy group examines issues that prevented the enrollment of many legal immigrants, The Associated Press reports. Meanwhile, The Washington Post examines a coal mining community's hostility to the health overhaul despite its residents' needs.
As many as 75 researchers in Atlanta may have come in contact with the live virus after workers failed to follow proper safety procedures. CDC says the risk of infection, however, is low.
Supporters announced that they didn't have enough signatures by the filing deadline. Meanwhile, in other state news on Medicaid expansion, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is facing a deadline on how to respond to the General Assembly's budget, which did not include his request.
Same-sex married couples will be eligible for emergency family leave and the full panoply of spousal benefits provided under federal law, regardless of whether the state in which they live recognizes their marriages. In addition, the government plans to extend those benefits to federal employees.
Backers of the ballot measure say it will not disrupt how the exchange works in the state but allow the insurance commissioner more authority over premium increases.
Nearly six in 10 people buying their own health insurance through health law exchanges were previously uninsured -- most for at least two years, according to a new survey that looks at the experiences of those most affected by the law.
A selection of health policy stories from New York, California, Texas, Connecticut, Colorado and Minnesota.
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the country.
This week's studies come from JAMA Internal Medicine, Circulation, The Urban Institute, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Employee Benefit Research Institute and the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about a new poll of showing a majority of those signing up for marketplace plans had been uninsured before and the Obama administration's decision to extend marriage benefits, including family leave, to same-sex couples.
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