Cost-Containment

Doctors blame holdups in getting the treatment paid for by Medicare and Medicaid, the two giant U.S. government health programs, as well as some of the U.S.s largest insurers.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.s new CEO announced plans to slash 25 percent of the Israeli companys 56,000-strong workforce, suspend dividends and forgo employee bonuses

Attorneys sparred before a U.S. Court of Appeals, which considered the case of a math consultant in Fresno County, California, filed in 2012 after the consultant discovered she was paid less than male counterparts by as much as $10,000.

How do the United States and Canada neighbors with vastly different health systems compare in terms of actual results? Does one do a better job of keeping people healthy?

Costs for employer sponsored-medical plans in 2018 could increase by nearly triple the projected rate of inflation, as global risk factors such as high blood pressure, physical inactivity and obesity increase.

Employers are also feeling more in a party mood71 percent are planning on a holiday party for employees, compared with 69 percent last year.