In an effort to keep health care costs down and encourage better usage, the Affordable Care Act includes a provision that requires preventive care to be offered free of charge. While that may sound good in theory, some benefits experts do not buy into this free health care.

Writing about companies curbing costs, regulatory messes and just general uncertainty all day doesnt exactly put me in a cheery mood. That, coupled with wondering how Im going to pay for the myriad medical bills Ive racked up recently, makes me really want a drink right now (its Wednesday afternoon)....

If you were told your state might wither away because it took too long to do the math on its retirement system, would you be angry? Would you pack up and move? Or would you try to be fair?

As of Friday, an unknown number of Aetna employees will be leaving the company as part of an early retirement package.

Some employers are struggling to find talent to fill key positions, even in this slow economy. With the national unemployment rate is sitting at 9.1 percent, there are plenty of people looking for work, but that doesnt necessarily mean employers finding the right job candidates, says Erin Peterson, recruitment process...

BrightScope, Inc. has put on hold plans to launch an online forum where consumers can write reviews about their financial advisers.

Rhode Island public workers and retirees pushed back against a major public pension overhaul proposal Wednesday, urging lawmakers to slow down their deliberations to ensure any changes are fair.

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance said Wednesday it has approved a dividend payout of almost $5 billion for participating policyowners for 2012, the second largest payout in company history.