Nearly all major insurance plans cover common opioids, with very few requiring prior approval for them to be prescribed.

A federal report from the Office of the Inspector General found that numerous care providers failed to document patient assessments, provide community-based services or provide written care plans to patients. However, their contracts with the state obligated them to fulfill all these requirements.

Without an extension, funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program would be exhausted by the end of September, leaving nearly nine million children without health insurance.