Doctors

Community health workers: an inexpensive and extremely effective medical resource

A new analysis by ProPublica finds that many doctors in the U.S. prescribe brand-name drugs to Medicare patients when generics can be dramatically cheaper -- and it's costing taxpayers hundreds of millions a year.

Ten-minute physicals and keeping track of reimbursements don't just make patients mad, they drive doctors crazy too. Across the country, thousands of doctors are ditching insurance and providing "concierge care."

Local artist Regina Holliday has recruited a walking gallery of story tellers to make sure patients get as much attention as profits

With millions of newly insured patients ready to descend on the health care system, there won't be enough primary care doctors to go around.

At medical schools across the country, more than 30,000 aspiring doctors are meeting their matches and finding out where they will spend the next several years as residents.

Could robots be the next medical revolution?

Clunky programs, high costs and incompatible systems are factors in failure to save billions.

The very wealthy have access to lots of things most of us don't -- that's just the way it goes. But what about when it's a matter or life or death?