health insurance

Thank you, boss? While the annual cost for employee family health insurance jumped 9% this year, employers shouldered the bulk of that increase, according to a new industry survey Tuesday.

Companies like Corning, I.B.M. and Raytheon are requiring employees to marry if they want their same-sex partners to qualify for health insurance.

While an increasing number of companies are equalize the cost of health coverage for gay families, the city of Cambridge, Mass., is the first municipality to adopt the policy.

The federal government is lowering the cost of health insurance in many states for people who are already sick.

This week's Your Money column is about the growing number of companies that are covering the extra taxes that their same-sex employees must pay for health insurance.

Through the initiative, the foundation will support technical assistance, research, consumer engagement, online networking, and leadership development in an effort to help states expand and improve health insurance coverage....

This year, a new tax break for self-employed taxpayers could significantly lower the cost of buying your own health insurance.

Some Indian farmers pay pennies for insurance that'll cover any surgery they have. Reporter Kavitha Cardoza takes a look at how this system works.

Yale University employees who have same-sex partners covered by the university's domestic partner health insurance face a big tax bill this year due to a payroll error.

A health insurer that plans to raise some rates, the effort to repeal the health-care law and other consumer-focused items from Friday's Times.