Topic: Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

Being a Washington insider has made Newt Gingrich a wealthy man

After 20 years as a member of Congress, including two terms as House speaker, Newt Gingrich did not go back home to Georgia. Instead, he kept his hand in the political game, making lots of money consulting for corporations.

Pet insurance: Company offering pet health coverage

Pet insurance is now being offered by a Pennsylvania-based Capital Blue Cross. An estimated 1 million people have pet insurance, the company estimates.

After the Haitian earthquake: saving priceless murals, artifacts, and other treasures

Cori Wegener is trying to save Haiti's treasures in a kind of Doctors Without Borders effort to preserve its "soul."

Health plans: California fines insurers

Health plans did not meet requirement to pay 95 percent of claims correctly, regulator says.

Justice Department declares war on doctors

In a landmark Idaho case, the Justice Department forced a group of doctors to accept government price controls.

Bust up the health insurance trusts

The health-insurance industry is exempt from anti-trust laws. It's time to change that. 

Saving cultural treasures in war-torn lands

Stuart Gibson circles the globe to help endangered museums undergo rebirth.

If public option in healthcare is dead, what's next?

Obama administration officials have been talking up consumer-owned cooperatives. But they might not be big or strong enough to compete.

People making a difference: Sheridan Conisbee

This founder of a nonprofit rescue organization finds homes for Bangkok's street dogs.

Transcript of Rahm Emanuel Monitor Breakfast

These students have a (business) plan

At a Boston high school, entrepreneurship education boosts teens' business know-how.