Health

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has announced the development of a database and Web site that will allow consumers using doctors outside their insurers' networks to compare rates. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

AARP lends its name to insurance polices that it brokers and nets millions of dollars from — and it also supports health care reform. Kai Ryssdal talks to professor James Thurber about whether or not this demonstrates a conflict of interest.

While the U.S. health care system reportedly wastes about $700 billion a year, Congress isn't focusing on cutting out the waste in its overhaul legislation. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

A mass vaccination against the swine flu is beginning in Britain, which may overwhelm the country's state-run health service. Stephen Beard reports.

A new report says the U.S. health-care system wastes around $700 billion a year. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.

Mark Rukavina of the nonprofit Access Project talks with Bob Moon about what consumers can do to negotiate the prices they pay for medical care.

The swine flu seems to grab most headlines, but the regular flu is still around. And there's a shortage of the seasonal flu vaccine. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

Swine flu continues to cost hospitals time and money, and some institutions are beginning to worry — not just about their ability to care for all the victims of H1N1, but to continue their other business as usual. Joel Rose explains.

Health-insurance companies are exempt from anti-trust law, which means they can fix prices. But legislation may change that. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

Half of America's private-sector workers don't get paid sick leave. So, even when they don't feel well and could infect others, many of them still show up at the office. And that's not what the doctor ordered. Curt Nickisch reports.