Public employees are flocking to Florida's Deferred Retirement Option Program to beat a benefit cut.

New Jersey is among seven states benefiting from an obscure provision tucked into the federal health care law.

An Illinois appeals court has ordered Gov. Pat Quinn's administration to wait before making sweeping changes to state employees' health insurance plans.

CVS Caremark said Thursday its profit slipped 1 percent in the second quarter as its pharmacy benefits management business weathered lower prices on contract renewals.

Shares of insurer HealthSpring Inc. stumbled Wednesday, a day after the health insurer said its second-quarter net income climbed 50 percent and it raised its annual earnings forecast.

Unum Group, a provider of disability, life and accidental death insurance, said profit in the second quarter increased nearly 10 percent mostly due to lower investment losses than a year ago.

President Barack Obama says the emergency bill Congress passed to prevent a government default is just the first step to ensuring the country lives within its means.

Giffords makes first appearance in Congress since shooting.