Daily check up: VT governor signs bill for state health system

From enlistment to death: New York Times reporter James Dao reports that the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs plan to merge their health records for service members, who now often worry about records getting loss when they leave the military. The change comes after a February report from the Government Accountability Office that found the departments were behind in developing electronic records.

Announced sale to Steward: Morton Hospital and Medical Center in Taunton filed formal notice with the Massachusetts attorney general of its plan to be bought by Steward Health Care System. The sale would convert a nonprofit to a for-profit status, requiring approval from the Supreme Judicial Court, Robert Weisman of the Globe reports. A hearing is scheduled in Taunton for June 30.

Hospital pay: Globe reporter Liz Kowalczyk takes a closer look at the Patrick administration report on how payments to hospitals in Massachusetts for common procedures vary widely. The governor wants to give the insurance commissioner the authority to scrutinize contracts that set the what insurers pay hospitals. Be sure to see the interactive graphic.

A winning run for Vertex: Two days after the Food and Drug Administration approved its blockbuster hepatitis C drug, Vertex Pharmaceuticals won $12 million in tax breaks from the Boston City Council for its move from Cambridge to Fan Pier, the Boston Business Journal reports. Construction is slated to begin this year.