Doctors and hospitals are finding that when they make a mistake, sharing the information with the patient isn't just the right thing and the smart thing -- it can be a money-saving thing.

You're still likely to find many doctors who don't live other elements of the healthy lifestyle that they urge their patients to adopt.

Would it come as a jolt to have to see your doctor as a businessperson as well as a healer each time you visited? Is it somehow unnerving to be exposed to the true costs of health care, without the buffer of an insurance company between you and the doctor?

Unfortunately, too-few experts offer the following advice: People can -- and should -- simply reduce the number of medications they need.