Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he would consider cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security if they were part of a "grand bargain' that includes tax increases.

Turning the federal health care reform law into reality is moving slowly as it's being challenged in court, but a federal official says it's already being felt in North Carolina and other states.

Speaker John Boehner says he agrees with President Barack Obama that the nation's borrowing limit must be raised to avoid a government default but insists that House Republicans won't back any deal with tax increases.

Public employees hoping to form a bargaining unit to negotiate with employers will have to have a few more members in New Hampshire starting Friday.

The top House Democrat says she and fellow Democratic lawmakers will oppose including cuts in Social Security or Medicare benefits in any package aimed at reducing huge federal deficits.

Wells Fargo & Co. said Thursday that its insurance services unit bought Edify LLC, an employee benefits consultant based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Participation in a Nebraska wellness program designed to lower health care costs and improve productivity has increased to more than 30 percent.

Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. said Wednesday that G. Mike Mikan, the CEO of its Optum health service business, is leaving the company to lead a private equity fund.