Consumer-driven health plans have surpassed health maintenance organizations to become the second most common plan design offered by U.S. employers, according to new survey findings from Aon Hewitt.

National health care spending jumped 4.2 percent in July for an increase from the 3.9 percent growth rate in June, according to the September Health Sector Economic Indicators briefs released by Altarum Institutes Center for Sustainable Health Spending.

Cancer is now the leading killer of Hispanics in the U.S. the latest sign it's beginning to displace heart disease as the nation's top cause of death.