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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.

I've been wandering this wilderness for years, warning we should take care of our own problems before the suits do, but this seems like a case of the exception proving the rule.

Research shows individuals who have a health plan with integrated benefits are far more likely to obtain necessary care, take their medication appropriately, and get necessary lab tests associated with chronic conditions.

CRR warns that healthy people planning for retirement need to plan for higher health costs instead of assuming their current good health will last.

Small businesses receiving state health care tax credits may also qualify for the full federal tax credit, and may also be eligible to receive credit for add-on dental and vision coverage, according to new IRS guidelines released Monday.

The health care reform bill is a lot less of a made-up sow and more like a severed equine cranium under the sheets.