Kaiser Family Foundation

Among the many ideas legislators in Washington have proposed for reducing federal spending is raising the age at which Americans qualify for Medicare benefits from 65 to 67. On the surface, that makes sense. But scratch the surface and the numbers show it to be an $11 billion blunder.

Employer-sponsored plans are the leading source of health insurance in America. But according to a new report, challenging economic times are making such coverage more expensive and less effective for millions of people.

A new study by Kaiser Family Foundation is providing some evidence to back up horror stories about rising health care insurance costs, revealing insurance companies have tried to raise individual plan costs by 20% in the past year. The publicity, combined with fear of actions by state and federal...

After a very public display of partisanship at President Barack Obama's health care summit on Thursday, the public clearly saw that no real attempt at bipartisanship is possible on the health bill. If the Democrats want to pass health care legislation this year they most likely will need to use...

Advocates for lower cost health care have for some time argued that arming consumers with data about the costs of medical procedures would help drive down prices. Insurers, however, have kept a tight lid on what they pay doctors and other health care providers, arguing that such information is...

As health care costs continue to rise, more and more employers are looking at ways to either cut benefits or increase the amount employees pay towards those benefits. Without some significant action from Congress this year to contain health care costs, you can certainly expect to see more employers...