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Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks at a news conference Monday, March 5, 2018, at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., with Seema Verma, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Verma on Monday approved a state plan to require that thousands of people on its Medicaid expansion seek ways to work or volunteer. Traditional Medicaid recipients are not affected. Arkansas is the third state to win permission, following Kentucky and Indiana. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)

Donald Trump approves Medicaid work requirements in Arkansas

The Trump administration approved Arkansas's request to impose a work requirement on thousands of Medicaid enrollees, but put off a decision on the state's controversial request to be able to do an Obamacare-lite expansion.

March 5, 2018
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., testifies during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the nomination of former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to become the US ambassador to Russia, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Joe Manchin proposes changes to 2016 opioids law

Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia filed legislation Monday that would rewrite a controversial 2016 law that made it more difficult for the Drug Enforcement Administration to suspend shipments of opioids that could be diverted to the illicit market.

March 5, 2018
Dr. Anne Schuchat, acting director, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is collecting data from emergency rooms, rather than waiting for death certificates, to study opioid overdoses. (Associated Press/File)

Anne Schuchat, CDC chief, tackles opioid crisis

Dr. Anne Schuchat joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the late 1980s after her post-medical school training coincided with the rise of the HIV/AIDS crisis, giving her a firsthand look at a public health crisis.

March 4, 2018
"I think we've been involved more than any administration, by far," President Trump said at a White House summit on the opioid and heroin crisis. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump comforts opioids survivors, vows tough fight

President Trump on Thursday comforted those who lost children to the opioids epidemic and decried "weak" U.S. penalties against drug pushers, saying countries with harsher penalties, including executions, have less of a problem.

March 1, 2018
First lady Melania Trump speaks at the White House Opioid Summit in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Melania Trump: ‘Much more work to be done’ on opioids

First Lady Melania Trump kicked off an opioids summit Thursday by saying she is "so proud" of the administration's efforts to combat addiction but that far too many Americans still need treatment, a shoulder to cry on and belief they're not alone in the fight.

March 1, 2018
In this Wednesday, April 5, 2017, file photo, Dr. Scott Gottlieb speaks during his confirmation hearing before a Senate committee, in Washington, as President Donald Trump's nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Feds take on clinical, commercial roots of opioids crisis

Food and Drug Administrator Scott Gottlieb said Thursday his agency will be "very aggressive" in warning consumers about opioid-related products or taking them off the market, noting for too long, people thought the U.S. drug epidemic was welling up from the illicit heroin market.

March 1, 2018
Catherine Reviati reviews the different Affordable Care Act enrollment options, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, in Hialeah, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) ** FILE **

Majority now favors Obamacare: Poll

Obamacare has reached new heights of popularity, with a firm majority of Americans holding a favorable view of the health care law in a closely watched poll being released Thursday.

March 1, 2018
"We're hopeful that [Mr. Trump] doesn't pass judgement," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said, adding he only defends Texas statutes he deems constitutional. "Certainly, the president has been very critical of Obamacare." (Associated Press)

Obamacare lawsuit: Republican AGs tell Trump ‘let us win’

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, leading the latest attempt to kill Obamacare in the courts, said Tuesday the Trump administration should "let us win" instead of defending the program, saying a victory could be the spur that Congress needs to replace the 2010 law after several failures.

February 27, 2018
This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Senators unveil sequel to major 2016 opioids bill

A bipartisan crop of senators on Tuesday unveiled a sequel to landmark 2016 legislation that targeted the opioids crisis, saying Congress should make sure a brand-new batch of federal dollars are directed toward programs that work.

February 27, 2018

States file lawsuit against revoking Obamacare rule

Twenty states filed a lawsuit Monday arguing the new law President Trump signed last year revoking Obamacare's individual mandate actually makes the rest of the 2010 health law unconstitutional as well.

February 26, 2018
In this June 27, 2017, file photo, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, right, joined by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, left, speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Governors push for bipartisan middle ground on health care

Congress should restore contested Obamacare payments but let the states and private sector innovate to drive down costs, a trio of governors said Friday, stepping into the policy void left by a Congress deadlocked over fixing Obamacare.

February 23, 2018
This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison) ** FILE **

House panel pledges to make opioids its ‘top priority’

Fighting the opioid epidemic will be the top priority for the House Energy and Commerce Committee over the next few months as Congress tries to put some substantive muscle behind President Trump's declaration of emergency on prescription painkiller and heroin abuse.

February 22, 2018
In this Feb. 14, 2018 photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar attends a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the FY19 budget on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Trump administration is clearing the way for a lower-cost alternative to comprehensive medical insurance plans sold under former President Barack Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

HHS looking to courts to settle illegal immigrant abortion rights

Health Secretary Alex M. Azar II said Tuesday that his department has a difficult balancing act when it comes to illegal immigrant girls seeking abortions, saying he has to balance their rights versus "as well as the interests of their unborn children."

February 20, 2018
FILE- In this Jan. 19, 2018, file photo, Del. Terry G. Kilgore, R-Scott, chairman of the House Commerce and Labor committee, listens during the floor session of the House at the state Capitol in Richmond, Va. Kilgore said Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, on the John Fredericks Show that he'd changed his mind after years of opposition to Medicaid expansion and now supports it. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP, File)

Medicaid expansion getting second look after work rule

GOP-led states that had been reluctant to expand Medicaid under President Obama are suddenly giving it another look after the Trump administration said last month they can require those on the program to also hold down jobs.

February 19, 2018