Core and Group Health

With an annual 2010 average per covered employee health cost of just over $10,000, this means employers will see an increase of $100 to $200, which will be in addition to expected average annual cost increases of 8 percent to 10 percent.

The nation's largest employers expect health care costs to jump 8.9 percent in 2011.

every time I hear about or see some new poll or survey, I always consider the source and temper the results with a little cool-headed detachment.

COBRA enrollment rates remain high even though laid-off workers aren't receiving any more federal help to pay for premiums.

Most large employers will make changes to their health benefits next year to comply with health care reform and to manage anticipated cost increases.

Guess that's what you get when you throw a bunch of insurance commissioners in a room and tell 'em to figure what Congress meant when they passed health care reform.

Seventy-one percent of carriers and employers insist health care reform is 'extremely positive' for the medical tourism industry. But obstacles remain.

Forty-five states and the District of Columbia will each receive $1 million to help improve health premium oversight, the Department of Health and Human Services announced this week.