Healthcare costs

Instead of debating insurance marketplaces, U.S. lawmakers should focus on comparing the price of prescription drugs in Canada, suggest Perry Braun.

The Senate rejected Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s healthcare proposal late Tuesday at the start of several days of debate with no clear idea of what ACA-replacement plan the senators will ultimately be asked to pass.

Senate Republicans agreed to begin floor debate on healthcare legislation, a hard-fought step amid uncertainty about exactly what plan senators will ultimately be asked to vote on.

Several key Republican holdouts on healthcare legislation said they will vote to begin debate Tuesday afternoon, even though senators don’t know exactly where the legislation will end up.

Employers beware: With this acquisition, the online retailing juggernaut has set its sights on healthcare.

Senate Republican leaders and President Donald Trump appear determined to begin a floor debate Tuesday on repealing the Affordable Care Act.

Employers looking to nab top talent are instituting paid leave policies aimed at the sandwich generation, who are taking care of aging parents alongside newborns.

Many workers use health savings accounts as specialized checking accounts, instead of using them to set aside money on a tax-favored basis for future medical expenses.

Senate Republican leaders must decide which healthcare proposal they’ll ask members to vote on this week, in what has become a series of all-out efforts to get their own members on board.

Coaches can address risk factors and prevent the future health problems of employees who struggle with stress, sleep issues or lack of exercise.

Advisers think they know a great deal about CDHPs, but new data reveal a lack of understanding about associated wellness incentives and account-based plans.

The Senate parliamentarian issued a preliminary finding that key parts of Republicans’ health-care proposal don’t qualify for a fast-track procedure being used by the GOP.

Employers looking to nab top talent are instituting paid leave policies aimed at the sandwich generation, who are taking care of aging parents alongside newborns.

Next week could be a key test over whether Republicans have any chance at delivering on their seven years of promises of repealing and replacing the ACA.

The latest plan by Senate Republicans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would increase the number of uninsured Americans by 22 million in a decade.

A Republican fallback plan to repeal all of the ACA without a replacement health program would lead to 32 million more people uninsured than under current law.

Workers do not believe that the possible dismantling of Obamacare would have a major impact on them them and their families.

New data technologies are making it possible for even the smallest employers to fund their own health plans

McConnell’s day-old proposal to simply repeal the ACA appears to already be dead as three Republican senators, such as Maine's Susan Collins, say they'll oppose the measure.

The Senate GOP leader was left facing an increasingly narrow path, with no apparent way to win over conservative and moderate holdouts seeking to pull the bill in opposite directions.