Cost-Containment

As health care reform seeks to guarantee access to affordable coverage for all Americans, nursing home and home care lobbyists are seeking an exemption to the employee coverage requirement, saying that the industry cannot afford coverage for all employees.

The New York Times is reporting that large U.S. health insurers are seeing record profits for the third year in a row, due in large part to Americans who are postponing or forgoing care.

It only took a decade or so of new stories, scientific studies and common sense – and premiums inflated enough to make college tuition look modest – but it looks like wellness is catching on.

A Liberty Mutual survey shows that employers fail to take advantage of absence data they collect to manage the costly impact of employees being away from work.

Employers increasingly realize that by taking a proactive interest in their employees' health and by investing a little time and money into wellness programs, they can actually help prevent or offset rising costs and reduce losses. Here is a look at some catching wellness trends.

The government says that a bad economy has shortened the life of the trust funds that support the nation's two biggest benefit programs.