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In an otherwise lean budget year, the House on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to boost funding to take care of the medical needs of the nation's veterans.

Democrats controlling the Senate are vowing that any deal this summer to cut the deficit won't cut back benefits for people enrolled in Medicare.

In an otherwise lean budget year, the House on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to boost funding to take care of the medical needs of the nation's veterans.

Some Democrats are up in arms over a McKinsey survey reporting one third of employers will drop health coverage in 2014.

This week’s GOP presidential debate was less of an opening skirmish and more of a big group hug – an odd launch of the Republican side of the race considering how uncivil our national discourse has become.

What would it to do our industry if one-third of the health plans just disappeared?

If Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich and other Republican presidential hopefuls feel they need to close the gap on front-runner Mitt Romney, they didn't show it at the New Hampshire debate.

Enrollment in high-deductible health insurance plans that can help consumers save for medical expenses climbed 14 percent this year and has jumped 87 percent since January 2008, according to the trade association America's Health Insurance Plans.