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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during a news conference in Trenton, N.J., on Sept. 18, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Chris Christie: Opioids fight needs much more than $1B

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that the death toll from the U.S. opioid epidemic is equal to "a Sept. 11 every 21/2 weeks," as he urged Congress to refill the fund that President Trump is eyeing to wage war on addiction.

November 28, 2017
A draft copy of the 21-page of a Health and Human Services Department form proposed for use to apply for low-cost insurance from Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program is photographed in Washington on March 12, 2013. The government's application for health insurance, which uninsured people will use to get taxpayer subsidized coverage starting next year. Applying could get complicated, with multiple questions about income, household composition, employer coverage and even race and ethnicity. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Colorado warns CHIP families: Research other coverage options

Colorado officials sent out letters Monday urging families who rely on the Children's Health Insurance Program to research other coverage options in case Congress fails to renew federal funding for the program by Jan. 31, when the state will run out of money to cover children.

November 27, 2017
Red Cross volunteers speak to women as they are busy cooking, whilst educating villagers about the plague outbreak, 30 miles west of Antananarivo, Madagascar, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. As plague cases rose last week in Madagascar's capital, many city dwellers panicked. They waited in long lines for antibiotics at pharmacies and reached through bus windows to buy masks from street vendors. Schools have been canceled, and public gatherings are banned. (AP Photo/Alexander Joe)

WHO: Plague outbreak in Madagascar is slowing

Madagascar's "unprecedented" outbreak of plague is slowing, but responders cannot afford to ease off the fight until the risk of transmission dies down in the spring, the World Health Organization said Monday.

November 27, 2017
The Healthcare.gov website is seen on a computer screen Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, in Washington. If President Donald Trump succeeds in shutting down a major “Obamacare” subsidy, it would have the unintended consequence of making basic health insurance available to more people for free, and making upper-tier plans more affordable. The unexpected assessment comes from consultants, policy experts, and state officials trying to discern the potential fallout from a Washington health care debate that’s becoming harder to follow.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Obamacare support dips slightly: Gallup poll

Half of Americans approve of Obamacare, the Gallup polling company said Monday, meaning support has ebbed from earlier in the year, as Republicans plotted the program's demise.

November 27, 2017
The Healthcare.gov website is seen on a computer screen Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, in Washington. It’s signup season for the Affordable Care Act, but the Trump administration isn’t making it easy — cutting the enrollment period in half, slashing advertising and dialing back on counselors who help consumers get through the process. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

HealthCare.gov maintains strong start to sign-ups, hitting 2.3M

Obamacare's brisk start to 2018 enrollment continued for a third week, as sign-ups climbed to nearly 2.3 million and continued to outpace last year's round, though not fast enough to expand the program's pool of customers over the full season.

November 22, 2017
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska returns to her office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, as work in the Senate begins to wind down toward August recess. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Lisa Murkowski supports repealing Obamacare mandate

Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she supports repealing Obamacare's individual mandate to hold insurance, giving a notable thumbs up to a contentious piece of President Trump's tax overhaul, though she stopped short of a full endorsement of the tax plan.

November 22, 2017
A photo of his children hangs on the wall in the home of Kyle Graves, in Franklin, Tenn., Tuesday, June 6, 2017. He knows his kids won't come around if he falls back into addiction. His hopes of rebuilding a life with those five kids, now grown, help keep him clean. "I'd like to have a house, a place they can come over and have a cookout on the weekend," he said. "They know I love 'em with all my heart," he said. "They still have issues. I've offered to get them together and talk to them. I guess they're not ready yet." (AP Photo/David Goldman)

White House says opioid epidemic even worse than thought

The opioid crisis is killing thousands more Americans than previously thought and cost half a trillion dollars in 2015, the Trump administration said Monday in a report that recalculated the toll of prescription-drug and heroin abuse.

November 20, 2017
Sen. Susan M. Collins, Maine Republican, says repealing the individual mandate as part of her party’s tax overhaul is a bad idea. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Americans to blame Republicans for Obamacare dip: Poll

Half the public will blame President Trump and Republicans if Obamacare enrollment dips this year, according to a nonpartisan poll that says more Americans are holding the GOP responsible for the law's fate than Democrats who crafted and passed the stumbling program.

November 17, 2017
Voters in Maine cheered last week after opting to join 31 other states and expand Medicaid under President Obama's Affordable Care Act. (Associated Press/File)

Health care voters reverse Republican election momentum

Seven years after Obamacare crushed Democrats at the ballot box, the party is using health care to launch a revival, saying President Trump and congressional Republicans are paying a price for their fumbled repeal effort and will sink further next year.

November 12, 2017
A White House cabal called the "Tax Team" has kept pressure on House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (left) to stay in sync with President Trump's priorities. (Associated Press)

Top House tax-writer won’t accept plank of Senate tax-cut plan

The House's main tax-writer said his chamber won't accept a Senate plan to eliminate a property tax deduction that's critical for states like New York and California, underscoring the thorny path Republicans face in settling on a final product by Christmas.

November 12, 2017