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In several states, lawmakers are advancing bills that would make it illegal for state officials to put the federal health overhaul into place. Even if the bills become state laws, though, they would likely be found unconstitutional.

Only about a quarter of adults have advance directives in place. On the relatively infrequent occasions when people do sign advance directives, they're usually thinking about what they would want in a crisis rather than for a chronic illness.

Montana and other states are trying to increase the number of nurses who are specially trained to treat survivors of sexual assault.

A much-publicized provision of the new health law would give parents the option of keeping children on their insurance plans until age 26, but coverage won't kick in for months.

The TennCare cuts, which followed the resolution of a long-running court battle, affected mostly elderly or disabled residents, including approximately 37,000 who had relied on the state program for all their health care needs.

Medicare is expanding a program to make sure some older adults use the right drugs and take them correctly to prevent harmful side effects or interactions.

Doctors, dentists and other health care providers worry they could be subject ot regulations aimed at lenders.

Individual health insurance policies rarely cover expenses related to maternity care without the purchase of an expensive rider. Add in other charges and having a baby can be a very expensive proposition, even with insurance.

If you had a minute with Rep. John Boehner, soon to be House Speaker, what would you tell him about health care? Egg him on in trying to repeal the law, urge him to reverse course, or suggest he focus on something else?

Voters in Arizona, Colorado and Oklahoma will face ballot measures Tuesday challenging a provision in the federal health care law requiring almost everyone to have health insurance. Critics of the measures say they could complicate health care issues within the states.