Cost-Containment

Some employers apparently are considering bare-bones plans that include preventive services but are missing much of anything else. No hospital stays, no surgery, X-rays or prenatal care.

Both sides are digging in for what is shaping up as a long struggle over worker rights vs. small business profitability.

Despite attempts to close the gender-based pay divide, it likely will be the mid-21st century before its eliminated.

A growing number of employers plan to drop pharmacy benefits to their Medicare-eligible retirees.

Employers are getting smarter about managing health care costs and doing something about it.

Federal employees eligible for retirement may soon be able to extend their careers through part-time work, and receive half of their accrued benefits while working.