Doctors who rely on Medicaid patients will have to make some tough decisions if the state budget — and our attitude toward health care — don’t improve By almost all measures, the Medicaid and Medicare situation in Nevada looks grim for doctors and hospitals. Ballooning numbers of unemployed, uninsured and elderly residents mean higher numbers of people who need public health care coverage.

Dan Young A climber with real altitude The trial: While racing in an Over the Hill motocross competition in Orange County in December 2001, 43-year-old Dan Young landed a jump much too hard, shattering both his ankles. His ambulance ride from the track to the ER began a four-year ordeal that included multiple surgeries, one with complications causing blood clots to move from his legs to his lungs, nearly killing him.