With careful planning, data and creative thinking, benefit leaders can reduce costs and boost outcomes for employees.

Experts attribute the increase to chronic diseases, which lead to large, long-term costs, the lack of price control on ...

In 2025, the average annual premium for family health coverage reached $26,993, an increase of $1,408 (6 percent) from the previous year. Covered workers contributed an average of 16 percent ($1,440) ...

The Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential is encouraging Michigan’s child care providers to register for a series of free, virtual webinars designed to help them ...

Workers pay 26 percent of family premiums while employers cover the remaining 74 percent, KFF’s annual Employer Health ...

As executive director of the Wezesha Dada Center, I spend every day working with families, elders and small business owners ...

Health insurance costs have surged for the third straight year, nearing $27,000 for a family plan in 2025, The Wall Street Journal writes.  The 6% increase follows two consecutive 7% jumps, according ...

Employer-based health insurance plans are expected to rise again for 2026. Here's what's behind the high costs.

As the government shutdown deepens economic pain, millions of gig workers and sole proprietors are being hit hardest by ...

A new employer survey shows premiums for a family climbed in 2025 as companies and their workers pay more for coverage.

In 2021, I opened an independent bookstore in downtown Des Moines. My husband, also a small business owner, and I have had two children since moving back to Iowa in 2020 and we work full time running ...

As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, President Trump continues to blame Democrats for the impasse, while ...