Cost-Containment

Health care costs will take another leap next year, and more employers will ask their workers to help absorb that by paying deductibles even if the care is within a plan's network of providers, according to the consulting firm PwC.

A dozen state senators in North Carolina have introduced a bill that would require citizens who are collecting unemployment benefits to get back to work as volunteers.

Health care costs have more than doubled for some American families over the past nine years, and they show few signs of dropping, according to a report released Wednesday by the actuarial consulting firm Milliman Inc.

A leaked memo from Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Leo Apotheker warning of "another tough quarter" underscores the urgent concerns about the technology heavyweight's growth strategy and the challenges facing its new leader.

As health care reform seeks to guarantee access to affordable coverage for all Americans, nursing home and home care lobbyists are seeking an exemption to the employee coverage requirement, saying that the industry cannot afford coverage for all employees.

The New York Times is reporting that large U.S. health insurers are seeing record profits for the third year in a row, due in large part to Americans who are postponing or forgoing care.