Health Care Reform

House Speaker John Boehner says if President Barack Obama doesn't reverse a new policy requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control, the Congress will.

U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) took to the Senate floor today to voice his opposition to President Obamas health care mandate that he says fails to respect the conscience rights of religious institutions.

For every dollar spent on over-the-counter medicines, the U.S. health care system saves $6 to $7providing $102 billion in value each year, the Consumer Healthcare Products Association finds.

A new report from actuarial consulting firm Milliman, Inc. shows a provision of the health reform law intended to tax health insurance companies to help fund coverage expansions will be paid entirely by state Medicaid programs for the portion assessed to Medicaid managed care organizations.

A round-up of the weeks employee benefits news, reports and controversy

Folks in the health care industry say 2012 is a tactical year because of the overwhelming list of priorities and the need to carefully allocate resources with which to accomplish them.