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What might happen to the "essential health benefits" the Affordable Care Act currently requires insurers to cover if the law is repealed and replaced? Things like maternity benefits, prescription drugs, preventive services and chronic disease management. Here & Now's Robin Young talks with Sarah Kliff, who covers health policy for Vox, about the current benefits that are mandated under Obamacare. (Young, 3/15)

A majority of Colorado voters think it’s a better idea to keep Obamacare than to replace it with a new healthcare plan, according to a new poll out this week. The survey by Keating Research, in partnership with the left-leaning firm OnSight Public Affairs, found that 54 percent of respondents wanted to save or improve the Affordable Care Act, compared to the 41 percent of active Colorado voters who preferred to eliminate or replace the 2010 law, better known as Obamacare. The support tracks with Colorado’s past support of Democrats and the Affordable Care Act. (Matthews, 3/15)

Requiring this “community health needs assessment” was part of a broader package of rules included in the health law to ensure that nonprofit hospitals justify the tax exemption they receive. Another directive was that these facilities establish public, written policies about financial assistance available for medically necessary and emergency care and that they comply with limits on what patients who qualify for the aid can be charged. (Luthra, 3/16)

Dr. Laurie Glimcher has been the CEO of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute since last October. She came from Cornell University's medical school, but before that had lived and worked many years in Boston. She spoke to us at her office about the GOP health care bill, the latest cancer innovations, and the Mar-a-Lago controversy the institute became embroiled in earlier this year. (Bruzek and Becker, 3/15)