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Most U.S. companies concede in a new survey that it's going to take more than health care reform legislation to curb rising health care costs, and that the workplace should play a pivotal role in encouraging healthy behaviors.

Voluntary life sales accounted for 24 percent of all voluntary sales in 2009, and new life sales were $1.3 billion for the year, up about 14 percent over 2008, according to Eastbridge's U.S. Worksite Sales Report.

House Democratic leaders released a scaled-down version of a tax and unemployment benefits extension bill Wednesday in an effort to get the measure approved before Congress breaks for its Memorial Day recess.

A new survey conducted this month finds most companies that offer pre-65 retiree medical benefits intend to apply for a federal reinsurance reimbursement program enacted under new health care reform legislation.

I know the media's moved on to Lindsay Lohan's disastrous court hearing, but does anyone outside of our industry even care anymore about the mess we've been left with?

Partisan bickering at a House Rules Committee hearing Monday night reportedly stalled a House vote expected Tuesday on a new measure that

But more than one-third (35 percent) would consider dropping their employer plan if they can purchase similar coverage for a lower cost somewhere else.

Unless health care costs can be mitigated, more than 60 percent of large employers' health plans will be affected by a federal excise tax that will go into effect in 2018, according to new analysis from benefit consultant Towers Watson.