Consumer Driven Health Care

Despite plenty of discussion, debate, and growing awareness, the U.S. continues to trail other developed countries when it comes to both the cost and quality of health care.

Last year, Mark Hassanstab and his wife welcomed their first child. Thanks to his company's newly added paid parental leave benefit, Hassanstab was able to take time to bond with his child and help his wife recover from the birth.

Are wellness plans worth it? The short answer: absolutely.

As baby boomers retire and Americans live longer, the nation faces a crisis in its ability to finance the long-term medical and personal aid that many of us will require in old age.

UnitedHealthcare deals another blow to the PPACA as it announces it will withdraw from another state's insurance exchange.

Consumerism and the move towards high deductibles were supposed to spur consumer shopping for health care online -- so why arent we shopping for health care like were supposed to?