We visit a health clinic with two doors, one for patients using insurance and the other for those with cash. This two-tiered system could be coming to a street corner near you. Msnbc.com's Bill Dedman reports.

A growing number of U.S. doctors are enacting their own brand of health reform, with some dumping insurance companies altogether and others forcing patients to pay thousands of dollars in cash to keep the care theyre accustomed to. Msnbc.com's JoNel Aleccia reports.

Home sales far exceeded expectations last month, surging to the highest level in two and a half years as first-time buyers rushed to take advantage of an expiring tax credit.

Gunmen killed at least 21 people in the Philippines Monday, apparently to prevent a woman from filing her husband's nomination to run for provincial governor, the military said.

A leading Senate Democrat said Monday his party is determined to push through a health care overhaul bill with or without Republican support because the "system is broken."

The government is financing its more than trillion-dollar-a-year borrowing with i.o.u.s on terms that seem too good to be true a happy situation that may not last much longer.

Michael Jackson was honored with four American Music Awards on Sunday night, making history by collecting more AMAs during his career than any other artist and becoming the shows winningest posthumous artist.

The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood is paralyzed from the chest down and doctors believe his paralysis will be permanent, his lawyer said.