Consumer Driven Health Care

Two-thirds of Americans said they disapprove of the court's decision and 6 in 10 said they want their states to make abortion legal, a new poll finds.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. will gain access to "vast amounts of data" on how rival insurers do business if its proposed acquisition of Change Healthcare Inc. goes through, the Justice Department said opening arguments in a trial challenging the deal.

Employer-sponsored health care is the only industry where purchasers spend billions per day yet do not judge their performance by how good their purchases were.

The proposed rule affirms protections against discrimination on the basis of sex, including sexual orientation and gender identity.

Nationally, only about 1 in 10 workers have access to employer programs that cover some or all of the costs for child care services — either on the job site or off. The health sector seems to be doing more: About one-third of U.S. hospitals offer child care benefits.

Attorneys recommend a range of strategies to limit the paper trail that authorities might seek to obtain.