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A program, known as "Money Follows the Person," aims to help elderly and disabled people in nursing homes live on their own. But many states are having trouble finding affordable housing, and fewer than 6,000 people have moved.

The Democrats scaled back their ambitions for health overhaul legislation amid a year-long series of turbulent shifts in the political landscape.

The Dallas-area hospital running the event hopes to match people needing doctors with physicians looking for new patients. Despite the economic downturn, hospitals are trying new marketing techniques to attract patients and doctors. Many in the hospital industry say it's crucial in the face of increasing competition.

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.

Georgia, Iowa, Tennessee and Wisconsin are considering taxing hospitals to help pay for Medicaid. Those extra funds can also generate more money from Washington.

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.

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.

Seeking to end a grim history of abuse and neglect at its mental hospitals, Georgia reached an accord with the federal government and promises to provide more community-based services for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The agreement ends a three-year dispute and highlights an Obama administration campaign to fight for the rights of the disabled.

From medical device makers to pharmacists to labor unions, a host of organizations want to ensure that new accountable care organizations expand their business and influence.

State insurance regulators have defined one of the thorniest provisions of the new health overhaul law: the requirement that insurers spend at least 80 percent of revenue on direct medical care.