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A report released by Kantar Media CMAG found that spending on negative ads related to the overhaul outpaced spending for positive ones 15 to 1. In other political news, two Senate Republicans are calling for a delay in the confirmation of Sylvia Mathews Burwell to head the Department of Health and Human Services until the Obama administration provides more information about the health law's implementation.
The British drug maker rejected a takeover bid from New York-based Pfizer in a deal that would have led to the world's largest drug company.
At the same time, lawmakers continue their push for answers over what happened, and a VA undersecretary resigns after allegations the VA health system kept secret lists to conceal long delays for care.
Some health policy experts, including those at the Center for American Progress, are urging the president to install a chief executive to oversee the law's implementation to avoid any further difficulties.
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Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including a report about federal health care subsidies and an update on states small business health exchanges.
Gov. Mike Pence announced a major push to expand Medicaid -- but in his own way -- to cover an additional 350,000 low-income Indiana adults.
In Oregon, insurers note the hardship caused when new Cover Oregon policy holders don't pay their premiums. Also, Massachusetts' top three insurers posted steep first quarter losses they link to the health law's new taxes and fees.
The New York Times reports on how federal officials examined Medicare claims to pinpoint people who might have health needs, and shared these names with local public health authorities for outreach during disaster drills.
In the meantime, Gentiva Health Services -- a health and hospice company -- rejects a takeover bid by Kindred Healthcare.
But a separate study says better health care transparency could save more than $100 billion in the health system over 10 years.
Propublica digs into recently released Medicare pricing data.
Politico reports how Scott Brown, in his current New Hampshire senatorial campaign, is being haunted by both the Massachusetts and federal health overhauls. Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports on an attack ad in South Dakota.
Elsewhere, California extends the deadline for people on COBRA to get health exchange coverage, and the Associated Press looks at "reference pricing" that could mean bigger bills for some consumers.
The study from the Kaiser Family Foundation also found that one in five women were uninsured late in 2013 and that structural barriers to getting care remain.
Amid growing calls for his resignation, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki answered a Senate panel's questions Thursday over allegations that a VA hospital in Phoenix kept secret lists to make wait times seem shorter.
GOP Sens. Roy Blunt and Lamar Alexander want an investigation into what's happening at a health law insurance processing center in Kentucky after some employees say they sit idle. Their company, Serco, was awarded up to $1.25 billion to process health law insurance applications.
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