Employee-Paid

New Jersey health officials are pushing to tighten the eligibility requirements for new Medicaid enrollees as part of Gov. Christopher Christie's administration's effort to save $300 million by overhauling the health care program for low income and disabled residents.

Gov. Scott Walker no longer expects to see the savings from forcing state workers to pay more for their health insurance and pension benefits before the start of the next budget year in July.

As benefits brokers and benefits managers look for new and innovative ways to bring value to their clients and employees, they cannot ignore the $139 billion prescription industry.

The international benefits market consists of both individual and group products for a host of needs.

SPDs, mac & cheese and the top health care reform stories this week.

Health care costs have more than doubled for some American families over the past nine years, and they show few signs of dropping, according to a report released Wednesday by the actuarial consulting firm Milliman Inc.

Staffers at the White House budget office filed a petition Monday to join a labor union, seeking to gain more input over their working conditions.

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.