Experts at Conning Research & Consulting say life insurers have been missing a golden opportunity in the middle market over the last five years.

A new report shows Medicaid patients tend to be in worse health and visit the emergency room more, often as a result of having barriers - more so than privately insured patients - to seeing their primary care physician.

The US Senate approved legislation Wednesday that would reverse cuts to pre-tax transit accounts available to commuters who use public transportation and vanpools. The provision is tucked into a larger bill to overhaul transportation programs.

The economy has taken such a toll on Americans that 78 percent of adults would rather pack on 10 extra pounds versus taking on $10,000 of debt.

Benefits design changes are happening whether or not health reform and insurance exchanges will be around. One way or another, employers will have to confront compliance demands in addition to already surging health care costs.

Re-routing benefits priorities - and more importantly, investments - to focus on wellness programs may be more of a faith-based pursuit than a proven method.

Almost 80 percent of companies surveyed recently by Fidelity and the National Business Group on Health say they don't know the return on investment in their health-improvement programs. Here are five suggestions

The Council for Affordable Health Insurance wants policymakers to know that when they complain about the rising cost of health insurance, they should realize they're partially to blame.