Cost-Containment

Colonial Life examines five strategies that have been proven to help with cost containment.

American Airlines plans to ask a federal bankruptcy judge next week to throw out its union contracts, if it can't reach cost-cutting deals with labor unions, according to a person familiar with the situation.

The administrator of a North Texas city believes he's not needed and has laid himself off.

Few people want to be wide awake during their colonoscopy exams, but new research suggests too many are getting extra sedation treatment, costing as much as $1 billion yearly in potentially needless services.

Members of Congress investigating shortages of crucial drugs are targeting fake pharmacies allegedly set up solely to buy and resell the drugs at huge markups.

An employee unprepared for the financial impact of a large claim on a high-deductible health plan might be faced with a financial crisis even though he or she has a quality comprehensive health insurance plan in place.

Ask any commuter across the country and theyll tell you that the cost of getting from home to the office every day is adding up quickly.

As limits are being imposed on flexible spending accounts starting in 2013, more employers are turning to health savings accounts.