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A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the country.
A selection of health policy stories from California, Minnesota, Georgia, Washington state, Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Illinois and Maryland.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including stories about consumer frustrations related to cost and coverage issues that are emerging with the health law's implementation.
The Wall Street Journal, using Molina Healthcare Inc. as an example because the company is proposing to lower customers' rates, notes that insurers that were conservative in their 2014 pricing may feel pressure in the year ahead. News outlets also report on the rebates that companies turned over to consumers in addition to the narrow-network phenomenon.
The regulation focuses on state exchanges and requires that these marketplaces report information such as enrollees' names, addresses, birthdates and premium amounts. In addition, news outlets also examine what went wrong in states with problem-plagued websites and what is happening in locations where the marketplaces have proven popular.
Various groups see telemedicine as a potential boon for people with complex chronic diseases who have difficulty getting to the doctor. But there are hurdles from Medicare payment rules to state licensing restrictions.
News outlets covered various aspects of implementation, including a fact check on Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.
Brendan Buck joins America's Health Insurance Plans -- a group representing America's insurers -- as a vice president after being the top GOP spokesman voice against Obamacare.
A selection of health policy stories from Pennsylvania, Virginia, California, Louisiana, Texas, Kansas and Georgia.
A new study from Harvard researchers looked at 26 tests and procedures, using evidence-based medicine guidelines.
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the country.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about how the insurance marketplace is taking shape for 2015.
The proposals, detailed in official filings to the state's insurance department, show all health plans in that state opting for some increases. Meanwhile, nearly a half billion dollars were spent on failed exchanges in Massachusetts, Oregon, Nevada and Maryland, according to Politico, while the chief of Hawaii's largest insurer calls on that state to shut down its troubled exchange.
The paper, published by the Urban Institute, makes the case that this requirement will not lead to more people getting coverage because those firms that don't provide it will likely opt for the penalty. Meanwhile, news outlets also report on how the health law has become an earnings' report scapegoat as well as how premium calculations are causing small businesses confusion.
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said what is now a scandal should have been examined years ago. Meanwhile, USA Today and the Arizona Republic have more tales of delayed care.
In the meantime, some sparring continues over the law, a new poll looks at Americans' attitudes on Obamacare, and Democrats continue their push to try to drum up support for the overhaul.
News outlets examine the cost and benefits states must weigh as they contemplate expanding the Medicaid program. Also, news outlets report on the latest related developments in Georgia and North Carolina.
The Wall Street Journal reports on how a number of policies and market forces are combining to put added pressure on rural hospitals. Meanwhile, other news outlets report on the challenge of making the health system affordable and the health law's new options for pregnant women.
A selection of health policy stories from Massachusetts, California, Iowa, Texas, Maryland, Colorado, New Hampshire and Florida.
Also, the controversy about paying for a hepatitis-C cure and reinstating physicians who lost their licenses.
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