Massachusetts and the federal government have reached a five-year, $41.4 billion healthcare accord, which will follow a three-year $26.75 billion waiver agreement that expired June 30, reports WBUR.

A data analysis by The New York Times reveals that more than 3 million people would have received insurance across 24 states if the Supreme Court had ruled differently in 2012.

 A judge has ruled that Kaci Hickox, a Maine nurse who had treated Ebola patients, does not have to be fully quarantined, reports The Washington Post.  

The federal government has opened a new health insurance portal for small businesses in five states—Delaware, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey and Ohio—after a one-year delay for small-employer health plans, according to The Wall Street Journal.

There is no easy way to put a lid on healthcare costs, according to a piece by the Los Angeles Times editorial board.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidelines pertaining to health workers entering the U.S. from Ebola-affected countries, according to Time.

Think figuring out a health plan is hard? In a New York Times editorial, health economist Austin Frakt admitted: “I cannot rationally select a health plan.”

 If consumers type HealthCare.com instead of HealthCare.gov into their browsers, they will end up not at a government site but the web address of an enterprising company, reports The Washington Post.