Thomas Friedman, executive administrator of the State Health Plan, state Treasurer Brad Briner, and state budget director Kristin Walker at the state health plan trustees meeting, March 7, 2025 (Photo ...

Gov. Mike Braun is putting his ideas into action when it comes to the state employee health insurance plan. For 2026, the plan—which provided health care benefits to nearly 26,000 state employees and ...

(NewsNation) — Americans with employer-based health insurance could see monthly premiums rise 6% to 7% in 2026, according to a new report from consulting firm Mercer. That projection comes from a ...

Amid contract bargaining and talks of a possible strike among PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center employees, many continue to express concern after they say the hospital — Whatcom County’s largest ...

NPR’s series Cost of Living: The Price We Pay is examining what’s driving price increases and how people are coping after years of stubborn inflation. How are higher prices changing the way you live?

Fewer employee benefits are as hotly debated and misunderstood as level-funded and self-insured health plans. There's no denying an ability to tailor benefits to the workforce for cost savings and a ...

With the current government shutdown on the precipice of becoming the longest budget stalemate in history, Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., wants to know how the Office of Personnel Management plans on ...

A legislative insurance panel on Wednesday approved the state Employee Benefits Division's proposals to boost the contribution rates that retirees in state government's health insurance plans for ...

The Lackawanna County Commissioners unanimously ratified a four-year contract Tuesday with the Service Employees ...

Multiple employees of North Country HealthCare-- the nonprofit organization that operates community health clinics in Flagstaff and 10 other communities across northern Arizona – have alleged in a ...