It might be easier to make sense of the recent fatal shooting of an insurance CEO, an act with ominous overtones about health care costs and insurance coverage, if any one aspect of health-care ...

Medical care costs rose 4.2% in August, according to the Consumer Price Index, now at the highest level in three years. Large employers are projecting a 9% increase in overall health care spending for ...

The United States has the most expensive health care in the developed world. Now it's about to get even more expensive. Some 154 million people get health insurance through their employer — and many ...

A survey shows employers expect a sharp increase in benefit costs for next year, and many will want workers to shoulder more of the burden. By Reed Abelson Employees of large and small companies are ...

The government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history. The ongoing 36-day closure has sparked disputes over a range of topics — from the separation of powers and the federal workforce, to food ...

House Republicans have approved their version of a health care bill as the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies looms ever closer. But the legislation does not address those subsidies, ...