The American Association for Critical Illness Insurance is offering free membership throughout the year to boost and promote sales of critical illness products.

Employers spent more on wellness programs in 2010, but many failed to effectively measure how well those programs worked.

"After spending a significant amount of time reacting to market conditions, the faltering economy, and grappling with new legislation and regulations, plan sponsors are returning their focus to improving their DC plans."

The IRS is backtracking on a rule that would have banned health account holders from using debit cards to purchase over-the-counter medication that now needs a prescription.

Sixty percent of all employers and 50 percent of large employers believe the intention of health reform is to eliminate the employer-based system and move to a single-payer system.

Fewer people think a financial incentive would be useful for electing more effective treatment, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

America's Health Insurance Plans' President and CEO Karen Ignagni says public discussion on health care costs has focused mainly on health insurance premiums while ignoring the real roots

Americans' confidence in their ability to obtain and afford health care continued to slide in the months toward the end of 2010.