Biden administration

While many Republican state lawmakers remain firmly against Medicaid expansion, some key leaders in holdout states are showing a willingness to reconsider.

The Biden administration is requiring states give CHIP beneficiaries 12 months of continuous coverage, even if families don't pay monthly premiums. State lawyers say premiums are needed for expansion of coverage signed into law last year.

With the deadline of 11:59 p.m. Tuesday approaching, Florida has more than 4 million Obamacare enrollees. Nationally, the ACA added 3.7 million for a record tally of about 20 million.

Although the defense secretary transferred key decision-making authorities to his deputy during surgery and early part of his hospitalization, he did not tell her why. And he did not tell the president,.

The FDA said Florida’s program will be authorized for two years. Approval comes after months of wrangling that led to the state filing two lawsuits against the agency.

The Georgia Board of Pharmacy began accepting applications to dispense the products in October. However, the DEA has reportedly warned pharmacies that dispensing medical marijuana violates federal law.

The White House unveiled a list of 48 drugs whose prices increased faster than the rate of inflation this year. Under a new law, drugmakers must pay rebates to the government because of it.

The Biden administration urged an appeals court to uphold a ruling that Florida violated federal law by blocking coverage for people seeking hormone therapy and puberty blockers.

Colorado officials say they haven’t been able to stand up a program to import drugs from Canada because of drugmaker opposition — and the Biden administration’s inaction.

The regulatory proposal was announced Nov. 15 and is likely one of the last major Obamacare policy efforts of the president’s term.