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Although the economy clearly continues to trend up, executives are still feeling the burn from the last financial meltdown.

A survey for HighRoads finds 50 percent of employers are in some stage of private exchange evaluation. But interest is also high in the self-insured model.

The president has suggested a 1 percent pay raise for the federal government's labor force.

A new study in Massachusetts is providing evidence that the reform law passed in that state in 2006, and which served as the model for the Affordable Care Act, is indeed making a significant dent in bankruptcy filings.

The carrier says it has no way to send many members their insurance cards.

Despite bearing more of the cost of their workplace benefits, employees still place a high value on them.