Cost-containment

• Many in private exchange choosing lower-priced options

  By Allen Greenberg  |  May 6, 2013

  Could PPACA insurance exchanges encourage people to try to save money in their health care benefit choices?

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  GOP seeks alternative to overtime pay

  By Sam Hananel  |  May 6, 2013

  It seems like a simple proposition: give employees who work more than 40 hours a week the option of taking paid time off instead of overtime pay.

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  Wellness programs dealt setback under proposed IRS rules

  By Allen Greenberg  |  May 2, 2013

  The IRS, in what would be a blow to employers, is proposing companies shouldn’t be allowed to count the cost of wellness programs in their health care plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

• Banks slashing jobs

  By Christina Rexrode  |  April 25, 2013

  Banks aren't the big jobs machines they used to be.

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  Few ER visits from insured patients are necessary

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  April 25, 2013

  Even patients with employer-sponsored health insurance are misusing the ER, as only 29 percent of these patients actually required immediate attention.

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  Medication waste came to $418 billion in '12

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  April 23, 2013

  Talk about a dose of bad medicine: The United States wasted $418 billion in 2012 based on bad medication-related decisions, and the impact was most deeply felt in those states that could least afford it.

• Q&A to help small businesses considering subsidies

  By Allen Greenberg  |  April 23, 2013

  For a lot of small businesses, much confusion remains about just who qualifies for the tax credit available under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. A Q&A to help clear things up.

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  Help for 'uninsurables' mired in political battle

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  April 23, 2013

  Republicans are offering to bail out a financially strapped program in the federal health overhaul, one that's a lifeline for uninsured people with medical problems. Truce in the health care wars? Not!

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  Questions vex PPACA pediatric vision benefits

  By Allen Greenberg  |  April 23, 2013

  Should the parents of a child covered under health care reforms who can’t make out the writing on a classroom chalkboard be able to buy Tag Heuer frames? How about a pair of Fendis? Or maybe Guccis?

• 10 Essential Facts About the Affordable Care Act, Dental and Vision Benefits

  By Sponsor: Ameritas  |  April 23, 2013

  The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is changing health care coverage. The goal of health care reform is to extend affordable benefits to Americans who may not have had the opportunity to purchase them in the past.