food

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  What do we eat?

  By Mary Clare Jalonick  |  May 20, 2013

  Until now, the only way to find out what people in the United States eat and how many calories they consume has been government data, which can lag behind the rapidly expanding and changing food marketplace.

• Americans not sweet on soda taxation

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 1, 2013

  Americans have a message for the government: Leave our sweet tooth alone.

• George W. Bush and benefits

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 1, 2013

  Say what you want about George W. Bush and his often-debated legacy, but the 43rd president has made a significant impact on the benefits industry.

• 9. George W. Bush and health care reform

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  April 30, 2013

  Say what you want about George W. Bush and his often-debated legacy, but the 43rd president has made a significant impact on the benefits industry.

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  Researchers: Health costs also hit high earners

  By Allison Bell  |  April 26, 2013

  The Commonwealth Fund has come out with data supporting what insurance producers have said all along: Many high-income Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and having trouble handling medical bills.

• Small businesses back minimum wage bump

  By The Associated Press  |  April 24, 2013

  Small business owners support raising the federal minimum wage because they believe it will help the economy and, in turn, enable small companies to hire more workers.

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  U.S. hospitals send hundreds of immigrants back home

  By David Pitt  |  April 23, 2013

  Hundreds of immigrants in the U.S. illegally have been "medically repatriated" to their homelands through a little-known removal system run by hospitals seeking to curb high costs.

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  Software firm hopes to help maximize your Social Security benefits

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  April 17, 2013

  Speculation about the solvency of Social Security has become a national pastime of sorts, but whether that day arrives or not, workers still need to understand there are ways to maximize their Social Security benefits.

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  Is the dental market the big loser in the PPACA?

  By Katie Kuehner-Hebert  |  April 17, 2013

  The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may have mandated dental insurance for children, but the new law does not address coverage for adults.

• Walgreen clinics expand care into chronic illness

  By Tom Murphy  |  April 4, 2013

  Walgreen Co. has stretched the reach of its drugstore clinics beyond treating ankle sprains and sinus infections to handling chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma and high blood pressure.