By some estimates, healthcare is only responsible for 10 percent of the factors related to longevity; the rest is dependent on genetics, socioeconomic circumstances and healthy habits. That means care alone is inadequate, and public policy should change to reflect that reality, a health policy expert contends.

Members of the House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would repeal a tax on health insurance companies, The Hill reports.

The Department of Health and Human Services has announced an extension for people who had trouble purchasing insurance through the federal HealthCare.gov website, reports Politico.

The General Accounting Office has deemed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ready to make the switch to ICD-10, reports Clinical Innovation + Technology.

Easing rules around accountable care organizations will not draw in more takers, reports Modern Healthcare. 

The GOP-controlled House passed legislation repealing the Affordable Care Act, with zero Democrats voting in favor of the bill, reports The New York Times.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has unveiled an "Obamacare Repeal Act" that would repeal the act "as if such Act had not been enacted," according to the National Review Online. 

The White House announced that it is pumping $215 million into federal health and science agencies so they can develop infrastructure that allows data to flow between medical clinics to labs that sequence the human genome and gather other data, reports Politico.