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The excise tax will raise billions of dollars for the government and is designed to help control health costs.

The HMO-style health care provider has angered some of its largest corporate users with a series of premium increases that, the companies say, are undermining Kaisers own competitive advantage.

Georgetown University researchers find that state insurance regulators, insurers and advocacy groups are all in need of better information about the intent of the law.

Companies have all but stopped laying off workers. They just aren't hiring many.

With union membership on the decline, labor leaders are getting more creative and some say more desperate to boost sagging numbers and rebuild their waning clout.

U.S. employers added 162,000 jobs in July, a modest increase and the fewest since March. Still, the unemployment rate fell to a 4-year low of 7.4 percent, a hopeful sign in an otherwise lackluster report.