Cost-Containment

A family of four with employer-sponsored health coverage is shelling out substantially more since the advent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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"While most consumers enrolled in wellness programs like them and feel they help them manage their health, a majority report that they do not stay engaged in their programs throughout the year," according to HealthMine.

The National Business Group on Health launched a new initiative to accelerate the adoption of corporate wellness and employee health programs and technologies at large employers.

A record 54 companies in the Standard & Poors 500 Index of leading U.S. firms are now at least partially exempt from the corporate income tax. Thats more than twice the number four years ago.

Starting July 1, McDonalds will pay at least $1 per hour more than the local minimum wage for the approximately 1,500 restaurants it owns in the U.S., the Wall Street Journal said.