The number of Americans getting health insurance from their employer continues to drop, with a record low 44.6 percent getting employer-sponsored coverage in 2011, compared to 45.8 percent in 2010, according to Gallup numbers.

Workers who engage in health-smart habits offered in consumer-driven health plans reduced their health risks and lower their total medical costs an average of $9,700 per employee over a five-year period, according to a study of health care claims representing 1.1 million Cigna customers in CDHPs, PPOs and HMOs.

Folks living in Virginia have a little more help with the availability of information to arm themselves to negotiate costs for health care services.

Just like Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase says they have added a record number of health savings accounts they manage for workers.

Bank of Americas health savings account business rose 34 percent with the addition of 50,000 new accounts last year, the firm announced Monday.

More brokers are confident about the voluntary employee benefits industry, a new survey shows.

A new study coming from the University of California-Irvine may upset Republicans who argue health care reform is too costly: Researchers found health care costs on the whole fall when poorer, uninsured patients are provided health insurance.

There are more consumers purchasing individual health insurance than ever before and with the individual mandate starting in 2014, those without coverage will have to apply for the first time. So, where do consumers begin?