Health Care Reform

Ten years ago, benefits self-funding and the stop-loss coverage that typically accompanies it was a world occupied mainly by large employers.

What these analysts ignore, however, are other factors that would significantly increase the true costs of terminating coverage. For instance, an employer would have to increase wages to make up for revoking coverage or risk losing some of its most valuable employees. The tax consequences of this wage increase and...

Health insurance plans must cover birth control as preventive care for women, with no copays, the Obama administration said Monday in a decision with far-reaching implications for health care as well as social mores.

The debtpocalypse is nigh. But, hey, at least we’re going to have NFL football.

A conservative law firm has asked the Supreme Court to strike down the health care overhaul, challenging the first federal appeals court ruling that upheld President Barack Obama's signature domestic initiative.

With enrollment lagging in new health care programs for people with pre-existing conditions, a nonprofit advocacy group is recommending that the waiting period for high risk pools be shortened or eliminated.

A variety of pressing economic and health issues were addressed at the National Association of Governors (NGA) annual 2011 meeting held in Salt Lake City, including elements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) as well as state budgets.

Fiscal issues now tops terrorism as the greatest threat to national security, young people say. A poll from the nonpartisan, nonprofit Generation Opportunity shows Americans 18-29 say the nation’s debt is the top issue threatening U.S. security.