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Insurers, the young, the uninsured and lawmakers are just a few of the groups sorting out what the implementation of health reform means for them as details emerge on changes to the system.
News outlets report on the hospital industry, including safety-net hospitals that fear the financial effects of the health care overhaul.
"Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a doctor from the Philippines who went into hiding after being accused of scamming a military health program out of more than $1 million in the 1990s," The Associated Press reports.
Lack of dental insurance is an "endemic problem" that affects millions of people, largely those without jobs, health coverage or solid incomes.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Monday's opinions and editorials from across the country.
Despite being home to the greatest number of doctors per person, finding a primary care physician has been getting more difficult for Massachusetts residents since 2006, according a report released by the state.
The first detailed national estimate on medical device use by children says that more than 70,000 kids a year have to go to emergency rooms because of complications from medical devices.
States address a range of health care issues.
The Hill reports that a a House bill aimed to appeal to physicians to volunteer in medically underserved areas by shielding them from paying for malpractice coverage is likely to face stiff opposition in the Senate.
Some small business owners are worried about the continuing rise of health care costs.
The promise of stem cells and related research has led to a range of questions.
State officials say that some insurers plan not to offer new individual coverge to some children as a result of the health reform law, The Associated Press reports.
Britain is planning to decentralize the National Health Service, news outlets report.
Landmark civil rights law credited with transforming the country's treatment of people with disabilities and helping to raise the issue abroad too.
"Village" movement is growing in the U.S. to help elder neighbors while medical professionals are gearing up to increase the number of health care workers trained to meet seniors' specific needs.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including the latest on the politics of implementing the new health reform law as well as the ADA's 20th anniversary.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promises Netroots Nation convention that a public option will pass, the Miami Herald/McClathy News Service. "It's a question of when," he says.
"The Department of Veterans Affairs will formally allow patients treated at its hospitals and clinics to use medical marijuana in states where it is legal, a policy clarification that veterans have sought for several years," The New York Times reports.
The new health law requires "insurers to spend at least 80 cents out of every dollar they collect in premiums on the welfare of patients, a critical issue for the companies' bottom lines. But state regulators are only now deciding what precisely that means," The New York Times reports.
Several insurance commissioners say some companies are dropping or considering ending plans that handle only children because of added costs from new health law, but at least one insurer, UnitedHealth Care, denies the report.
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