ALSO NOTED: AHIP says proposal can save billions; Providers increasingly using temp doctors; and much more...

> America's Health Insurance Plans has unveiled a proposal that it says could dramatically reduce healthcare costs. Proposal

> Are you using temp-agency physicians to cut costs? You're not the only one. Article

> Critics continue to blast a plan by New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine to require low-income residents to make co-pays for prescription drugs and some ED visits. Article

> The members of the Wisconsin Association of Health Plans have pledged to begin providing out-of-pocket cost estimates to enrollees who request them. The program will begin later this year. Article

And Finally... I wonder how the ED staff kept a straight face while they stitched this guy up. Article