There was a time in the United States when HMOs were the biggest thing in health care. They still are in Israel, a country thats been using HMOs as major care providers (and, later, the countrys primary care provider) since before the state was even created.

For its fiscal year ended June, Gotham funds paid $472.5 million in fees to private fund managers, $100 million more than the previous year.

President Barack Obama sounded a nostalgic personal note Sunday night and offered a rare self-assessment while criticizing congressional Republicans as an "impediment" to governing during the start of a West Coast fundraising tour for the Democratic Party.

This holiday season, Americans may not spend their green unless they see more red.