Doctors Glom Onto the Groupon Craze

Here's what we're checking out today:

Care, Discounted: Doctors and other health care providers are glomming onto the Groupon craze, Meredith Cohn reports in the Baltimore Sun. Guess that's one way to reduce health care costs.

HIV/AIDS: The Los Angeles Times' Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Rong-Gong Lin II offer an intriguing glimpse into the health issues faced by actors in pornographic films after an adult film industry clinic is accused of covering up an HIV case.

Mold-Free: McDonald's responds to the case of the everlasting Happy Meal. How can a hamburger not show any signs of mold or decay after sitting on a table for six months?

Prescription Drugs: Starting next year, up to 34 states could link databases monitoring for potential prescription drug abuse, but could that effort raise privacy concerns?

Health Insurance: The New York Times' Walecia Konrad reminds us what we have to look forward to when open enrollment season starts and employed folks decide whether keep or change their health insurance. It's not pretty.