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Unlike the medical examiner's office in New Mexico, which routinely autopsies sudden or violent deaths, most U.S. hospitals perform postmortem examinations only rarely. John W. Poole/NPR hide caption

After 14 years, the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor is going generic. JB Reed/Landov hide caption

Wal-Mart's Dr. John Agwunobi (left) said in a statement that the company won't be "building a national, integrated, low-cost primary care health care platform." Even so, the leaves plenty of room for the retailer to pursue an expansion of health care services at its stores. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption

Triage nurses screen patients in the ER waiting room at the University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago in late 2010. Patients in Chicago were among those least satisfied with their hospital care. M. Spencer Green/AP hide caption

Just three stars could be enough to put health plans in the money.