In America, childbirth costs a royal sum

Across the pond, new mom, Kate Middleton, is getting health care fit for a future queen. Still, the average British pregnant woman doesn’t have to break the bank to get good medical treatment, thanks to the United Kingdom’s universal healthcare system. But...

$750 billion down the drain

It’s a shocking figure, but that’s how much money the U.S. healthcare system wasted in 2009, according to a just released report from the Institute of Medicine. The report said expensive medical tests, administrative costs, medical fraud and poor...