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Health care reform will mean more choices for consumers but an Aflac WorkForces Report raises troubling questions about how prepared workers are for a new world order.

Confidence in the U.S. job market has rebounded to roughly a normal level from its record low after the Great Recession, a trend that could help boost the economy.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to a seasonally adjusted 339,000, the second-lowest level in more than five years. The decline suggests hiring is improving from last month's sluggish pace.

Even patients with employer-sponsored health insurance are misusing the ER, as only 29 percent of these patients actually required immediate attention.

Small business owners support raising the federal minimum wage because they believe it will help the economy and, in turn, enable small companies to hire more workers.

Hundreds of immigrants in the U.S. illegally have been "medically repatriated" to their homelands through a little-known removal system run by hospitals seeking to curb high costs.