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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.

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

Chemotherapy is now available in a pill, but if you have Medicare, you may not be able to afford it.

A New York senator said last week that legislation establishing a state-run health insurance exchange would ensure that health insurance brokers are involved in the process.

Members of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans see employers paying more attention to the effects of the Affordable Care Act, but, at this point, few see the act causing employers to eliminate health benefits.