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By the end of 2013, four states had passed laws restricting stop-loss in one way or another.

U.S. cities and towns wont be required to provide health insurance for volunteer firefighters, a reprieve from federal Obamacare rules that fire departments had said would be financially devastating.

A Texas restaurant owner is selling his business to help pay for the medical costs of a 19-year-old employee suffering from a brain tumor.

For the first time, more than 50 percent of the members of the U.S. Congress are millionaires.

The U.S. chamber will work to repeal what it views as onerous health care taxes; repeal, delay, or change the employer mandate; and give companies and their employees more flexibility in the choice of health insurance plans.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offered a Democratic plan to revive expanded jobless benefits through mid-November.