Henry hopes Obama stimulus to help state projects 7 hr ago | Comments 6 Gov. Brad Henry is hoping any stimulus package put together by President-elect Barack Obama will include money for highway and bridge projects in Oklahoma. Henry will be among more than 40 of the...

Solutions can be found Sat, Nov 29, 2008 | Add a comment Efforts are under way to reduce the number of uninsured and improve the health indicators in our state. Oklahoma is identified as having the fourth-highest number of individuals without health care...

Unapproved drugs costing taxpayers millions Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Comments 1 WASHINGTON — Taxpayers have shelled out at least $200 million since 2004 for medications that have never been reviewed by the government for safety and effectiveness but are still covered...

Statewide view needed for health care policy Sun, Nov 23, 2008 | Comments 3 AS data continue to surface in support of or opposition to Tulsa’s vociferous claim that it gets shafted in public health care funding, new numbers paint a more complete picture of...

Oklahoma House panel says documents are private Fri, Nov 21, 2008 Psychological and medical records of juvenile offenders or children in state custody who are abused or killed should be confidential and not released to the public, a House committee recommended...

Penalizing the uninsured in Oklahoma Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Comments 318 Oklahoma must take drastic steps to improve its dismal ranking in the number of residents who have no health insurance, state Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland said Thursday during her...

Dems: Napolitano emerges for Homeland Security job Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 3 WASHINGTON -- Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, an early Barack Obama supporter from the southwestern part of the country, is a leading contender for the job of secretary of homeland security,...

In brief: Clinton to ID his donors Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment Clinton to ID his donors CHICAGO — Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to disclose the names of most donors to his presidential foundation and library. The concession is aimed at...

Obama appoints Daschle to health post Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama is enlisting former Senate leader Tom Daschle as his health secretary, embracing a third Washington insider in the early stages of Cabinet-building by the...

Administration should OK insurance plan expansion Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Comments 5 MORE than two months have passed since the projected implementation date for expansion of a state health insurance premium assistance program. This is one time a state agency can’t be blamed...

Oklahoma state insurance expansion sought Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Add a comment Expanding a state program that helps small businesses provide health care coverage to their low- and middle-income employees and encouraging Oklahomans to take more responsibility for their health...

Senator wants to overhaul health care Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — Congress and the Obama administration should end the two-year wait that people deemed too sick to work by the government face before qualifying for Medicare, lawmakers and...

Oklahoma's health task force developing recommendations Mon, Nov 10, 2008 | Comments 5 Increasing the availability of health care services, improving the quality of Oklahoma's health care system and stressing disease prevention to decrease demand are among early recommendations by...

Oklahoma business leaders offer Obama economic advice Thu, Nov 6, 2008 | Comments 4 Some Oklahoma business leaders were given an opportunity on Wednesday to provide recommendations to President-elect Obama and a Democratically controlled Congress that could help boost business and...

VA focuses on trauma Mon, Nov 3, 2008 | Add a comment According to preliminary research results from the Department of Veterans Affairs, about 15 percent of recently returned female veterans using the VA health care system report experiencing sexual...

Social Security problems Fri, Oct 3, 2008 | Add a comment Saving for retirement may be low priority for most new workers. But, the younger generation, experts say, should start saving now and put away more, because their government benefits likely will be...

Bush OKs Child Health Bill Wed, Oct 3, 2007 CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) -- President Bush on Saturday signed legislation that extends a popular children's health insurance program after twice beating back attempts to expand it....

Hospitals Are Shutting Down Burn Centers Wed, Aug 8, 2007 U.S. hospitals are increasingly shutting down their burn centers in a trend experts say could leave the nation unable to handle widespread burn casualties from a fiery terrorist attack or other...

Kaiser eases Tulsa arena overruns Wed, Jul 19, 2006 TULSA — Cost overruns for a new downtown arena and a refurbished convention center were eased Tuesday with a $45 million hike in the allocation from the Tulsa County sales tax and a $10...

Handmade canes help say thank you Tue, Jul 11, 2006 TULSA - When Korean War veteran Jack Nitz saw a television news report on injured veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan in 2004, he wanted to help. Eastern Oklahoma Woodcarvers...