Author: Kalup Alexander

Americans who get health insurance through their employers are spending more than ever on healthcare, despite using less healthcare services, according to a new report. 

After the contentious, sometimes-raucous first debate of this year’s primary election season, it became clear that issues like offshore oil drilling, affordable housing, President Trump’s tax changes, immigration and border control would likely not be the central themes of the campaign to succeed Jerry Brown as governor.

Workplace wellness programs have two main goals: improve employees’ health and lower their employers’ health-care costs. They’re not very good at either, new research finds.

A total of 84,254 workplace discrimination charges were filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) nationwide during fiscal year (FY) 2017, according to the federal agency.

GOP leaders from both chambers of Congress want reinsurance. But they want it in different ways.

Young and healthy people appear to leave Medicaid once they have obtained employment or additional hours at work, according to a new analysis from Avalere Health. 

While industry leaders have applauded Congress’ decision to delay certain Affordable Care Act taxes, the move will cost the government $31.3 billion over 10 years.

The pharmaceutical industry's top trade group responded to growing anger over rising drug costs in 2017 by upping its federal lobbying spending by 30 percent.

Almost no one got everything they wanted out of the Monday deal to reopen the government — except perhaps medical device companies, who managed to fend off an industry-wide excise tax before the first payments were due.

Congress brought an end to a three-day government shutdown on Monday as Senate Democrats buckled under pressure to adopt a short-term spending bill to fund government operations without first addressing the fate of young undocumented immigrants.