The U.S. Senate voted to spend about $1.5 billion to improve health-care access for military veterans two weeks after an inspector generals report exposed widespread mismanagement at government hospitals.

Chicago moved forward in its effort to rescue a pair of pension funds and stabilize its finances when Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed a bill that cuts benefits and makes employees pay more for retirement.

People who work in the benefits industry have been going through their own name games over the past few years, thanks to a rapidly shifting business landscape dominated by PPACA.