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The American Academy of Actuaries is officially trying to lower expectations about just how confident forecasters can be when trying to predict how PPACA will affect health insurance premiums.

Although nonprofit employers believe offering health insurance to employees is valuable, many find that it is not cost effective, according to a recent survey by Zane Benefits Inc.

A Texas physician challenges the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Increasingly, both private and public sector groups are beginning to take a careful look at the practices of pharmacy benefits managers as employers and taxpayers become curious about massive PBM profits and unclear contracts.

Why does a joint replacement cost 40 times as much at one hospital as at another across the country? It's a mystery, federal health officials say.

The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits fell by 4,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 323,000, a five-year low. Layoffs have returned to pre-recession levels, a trend that could lead to more hiring.