Healthcare plans

John Lamb shares the new math of employee benefits.

Long-term care and outliving their money are major concerns for today’s seniors, according to a recent survey, but PPACA and the upcoming election has particularly elevated their concern over the primary source of their health care coverage.

According to a new survey, a majority of both Republicans and Democrats say that status quo is the most likely post-Election Day scenario for American health care.

Small businesses that have implemented health and wellness programs overwhelmingly report a positive impact on the bottom line. However, most of these employers still haven’t got the message.

Lifestyle, diet improvements may be linked to welcome decline in American adults’ cholesterol level.

Two health officials from Target try to bull’s-eye the company’s unique approach to health care, medicine and a culture of wellness, and they say it’s all about innovation.

Kaiser Family Foundation study finds that elderly people in Florida would have paid more than $200 extra for traditional Medicare if a system similar to Paul Ryan’s proposed overhaul of the program was in place in 2010.

The largest U.S. health insurer has raised its forecast in a year that saw it gather 2.1 million new participants while medical costs held relatively stable.

The health insurer’s interim CEO has announced plans to create four separate business units for Medicare, Medicaid, commercial and individual sales and dental, vision and disability insurance.

Insurer will get 5% more in Medicare payments and a “five-star” rating for one of its health plans under a U.S. program that may be helping to improve care for the elderly, according to an analysis that quickly spurred Republican criticism.

After the vice presidential debate in which Joe Biden challenged Paul Ryan on health care and taxes, experts say President Obama needs to take a similar stance tonight and go on the offensive, laying out clear contrasts with Mitt Romney and making the kind of personal connection with voters that helped him win four years ago.

Health care analysts mystified by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s promise to preserve the segment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that bars excluding Americans with preexisting conditions from obtaining coverage.

The American Medical Association and Medical Association of Georgia are fighting efforts in Georgia to undo the state’s law requiring insurers that provide third-party administrative services to pay claims in a timely manner.

The amount of venture capital being spent on Health IT companies is increasing, and technology is partying like it’s 1999 as geeks are transforming health care.

Majority of patients say cost is the biggest problem facing U.S. health care.

A Wells Fargo Insurance survey finds that the cost of claims in employer-sponsored health plans will grow by high single digits next year.

Screening tools, access to sleep medicine professionals and compliance management can help employers deal with sleep apnea.

Employees of Sears and Darden Restaurants will be able to choose health insurance through a private exchange operated by Aon Hewitt.

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine indicates those genetically predisposed to obesity were more likely to gain weight from sugary beverages than those without the traits.

More than one-fourth of Americans rate the nation’s health care system “poor,” according to a new report by the Employee Benefit Research Institute.