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The law requires everyone, no matter where they were born, to prove citizenship or legal residency to renew a license. But with too few staff to process the extra paperwork, hundreds of licenses for doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals are expiring.
Six public radio reporters - Martha Bebinger (Mass.), Sarah Varney (Calif.), Elizabeth Stawicki (Minn.), Erika Beras (Penn.), Lynn Hatter (Fla.) and Elana Gordon (Missouri) - talk about how yesterday's vote could affect the future of the health law implementation and public health in their states.
Newly elected lawmakers pledge to push ahead with health law implementation despite the Republican governor's opposition.
Urgent care clinics are part of a growth strategy for some hospital chains. But some analysts wonder if hospitals will be able to provide good customer service at the clinics.
Jackie Judd talks to KHN's Mary Agnes Carey and Richard E. Cohen about what the new political landscape means for the health law and for federal budget negotiations.
But the status quo on Capitol Hill doesn't mean that the parties are unwilling to work on health care issues.
The president's victory cements the Affordable Care Act, expanding coverage to millions but leaving weighty questions about how to pay for it.
Mounting pressures to reduce spending could lead the administration to change several key provisions of the health overhaul.
State lawmakers will control big coverage decisions, including whether to expand Medicaid to cover millions of uninsured.
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