A new law passed this year says Oklahoma patients who are disabled, elderly or terminally ill cannot be denied life-preserving treatments if they or their health proxies want it.
(Story) May 16
In places where medical care is scare, medical schools -- like Florida International University -- are connecting students with people who need to see a doctor, and making it a major part of their curriculum.
(Story) May 15
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the country.
(Daily Report) May 15
The business of hospitals makes news in California -- where sides are engaged in a bidding war to buy a famed Santa Monica hospital; Virginia -- where pediatricians eye a new children's hospital; and Oregon, where lawmakers passed a new hospital tax.
(Daily Report) May 15
In addition, Florida health experts say that state's decision not to pursue the expansion is "bad for business."
(Daily Report) May 15
The grants will go to 48 organizations to help the state explain benefits, show consumers how to access insurance and encourage small businesses to participate.
(Daily Report) May 15
The state will become the first to use a legislative vote to legalize physician-assisted suicide after the governor, who has expressed his support for the measure, signs the bill.
(Daily Report) May 15
A selection of health policy stories from California, Georgia, New York, Florida, California and Kansas.
(Daily Report) May 15
Medicaid doctors continue to wait for their pay raise -- five months after they were supposed to get it. In Connecticut, some allege a backlog of applications for the program breaks federal law, and are suing to stop it.
(Daily Report) May 15
Check out what's new on KHN's blog, Capsules.
(Daily Report) May 15