Midwest employers agree to health standards
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The U.S. health secretary on Thursday enlisted Midwest employers including Motorola Inc. and McDonald's Corp. to push insurers to meet new federal standards on the price and quality of healthcare services.
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Five big U.S. employers launched a computerized health record system for employees on Wednesday that they hope will help set a standard for America's messy health care system, and save money and lives.
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PITTSBURGH The United Steelworkers of America say about 34-hundred workers at BF Goodrich plants in Indiana and Alabama have approved a new contract.
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For U.S. workers who change or lose their jobs, a new rule issued by the Bush administration just before the end of 2004 could provide better access to group health plan coverage &#151; in keeping with changes Congress agreed to eight years ago.
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Nearly all the eligible hospitals in the nation, including all but one in Michigan, have started reporting data on the quality of care they provide on three common medical conditions, information
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THE REGION The members of Boston Mailers Union Number 1, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, approved a five-year labor agreement with The Boston Globe on Sunday that helps the newspaper control labor expenses while giving the union improved healthcare options and some future hiring opportunities, the company said. The agreement, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2006, was approved 112 to 69. No ...
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Two fierce rivals stood together in Washington and agreed on a series of goals for achieving universal health coverage.
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Part-time workers, contractors, and early retirees who usually wouldn't qualify for corporate health insurance could get coverage under a plan unveiled yesterday by a consortium of dozens of large companies.
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Illinois and Wisconsin have joined forces to launch the country&#39;s first program that allows the residents of Illinois and Wisconsin to purchase lower cost prescriptions from wholesalers in Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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CINCINNATI - First they tried nudging. Now companies are penalizing workers who have high health risks such as obesity and high blood pressure or cholesterol as insurance costs climb.
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OTTAWA - In a ceremony held in the National Conference Centre just after midnight, the prime minister and the premiers have formally signed a 10-year agreement aimed at rescuing the country&#39;s health-care system.
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Despite impassioned testimony from healthcare advocates and union officials for a higher threshold, the Romney administration yesterday finalized rules that allow businesses to avoid a $295 per employee fee by making relatively modest contributions to their employees' healthcare.
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Five of the nation's largest employers plan to soon give their workers a unique health care benefit &#151; their very own electronic medical record that they can take when they travel, change jobs or see a new doctor.
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Negotiators for the U.A.W. and General Motors have agreed on the framework for a health care trust, G.M.âs key demand in talks on a new contract, people close to the negotiations said.
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Representatives of General Motors Corp  and the United Auto Workers union closed in on Saturday on a tentative labor agreement that would slash health-care costs for the top U.S. automaker.
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Health industry, tech firms, government agencies might collaborate to \
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Let's talk about health insurance for small business owners and the self-employed.