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for such a transfer.
• The judge said Friday that the mother of the child may remove her from an Oakland hospital if she assumes full responsibility for the consequences.
• Later Friday, lawyers for Children's Hospital Oakland and the mother of Jahi McMath emerged from a settlement conference with a federal magistrate offering few details about the daylong talks that followed the developments in state court. But Christopher Dolan, who represents Jahi's mother, said he was pleased with the progress that was made.
• "Today has been about clarity. It's been about knowing exactly what path we have to walk down, what doors are now open, and what obstacles have been removed," Dolan said. "We know how to get from here to where we want to be, which is Jahi in another place where she is receiving care."
• It was unknown when the girl might be moved or if she would be, since her family still is trying to finalize where she could be taken and find a medical team to carry out the transfer. A court injunction prohibiting Children's Hospital from removing the ventilator that has kept Jahi's heart pumping since her Dec. 9 surgery expires at 5 p.m. Tuesday, and Dolan said the family would work to get her relocated before then.
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• WASHINGTON (AP) -- For working people making modest wages and struggling with high medical bills from chronic disease, President Barack Obama's health care plan sounds like long-awaited relief. But the promise could go unfulfilled.
• It's true that patients with cancer and difficult conditions such as multiple sclerosis or Crohn's disease will be able to get insurance and financial help with monthly premiums.
• But their annual out-of-pocket costs could still be so high they'll have trouble staying out of debt.
• You couldn't call them uninsured any longer. You might say they're "underinsured."
• These gaps "need to be addressed in order to fulfill the intention of the Affordable Care Act," said Brian Rosen, a senior vice president of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. "There are certainly challenges for cancer patients."
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