Cost-Containment

It might ring like some kind of campaign rhetoric you might hear on the stump in a battleground state like Ohio, but it's true: Even though they're barely 11 years old, consumer driven health plans are our future.

Several Republican-sponsored bills targeting government employee unions appear stalled in the Arizona Senate, a week after one such measure was approved.

New York's State Senate will not wait for Washington's go-ahead to restore a commuter benefit that allows workers to save more pre-tax money for their transit expenses.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.'s fourth-quarter profit sank 34 percent as an acquisition by the world's largest generic drug maker improved revenue but raised expenses.

Medco is partnering with pharmacy software company NovoLogix to create a new medical benefit management program that is supposed to help control costs for expensive specialty drugs, which are used to treat rare or complex medical conditions.

The case of a man who was stuck with a $14,419 bill that he calls inflated and unreasonable after three days of care in a Charlotte hospital is going to be heard by the North Carolina Supreme Court.

Nearly 1 in 20 Americans older than 50 have artificial knees, or more than 4 million people, according to the first national estimate showing how common these replacement joints have become in an aging population.

The South Carolina House has approved a bill Republicans say further strengthens the state's already tough anti-union law.