The idea of taxing employer-provided health-care benefits to raise money for broad-based health care reform is getting heavy consideration from Obama.

According to a new study, coverage for out-of-pocket health care costs went down for Americans with job-based health insurance between 2004-2007.  

Now you can use an online tool, provided by the federal government, to compare and evaluate nursing homes.

According the an advocacy group called Families USA, American families shouldered a collective $42.7 billion in hidden health tax to cover the health-care costs of the uninsured.

Swine flu triggered a pandemic of posts on Twitter and Facebook and in the process marked the coming of age of social media as a way to distribute and share both public and personal health information.

Drug companies are no longer blocking the efforts of health-care reform and are actually opting to help with the challenge. But what's in it for them?

In another creative twist, those who have lost their health insurance are forming a business, or using an existing one, to buy a group insurance policy.  

Having to deal with the recession means many small business owners have to decide between letting go employees and cutting out insurance benefits.  

The debate over health care continues. Kristen Gerencher explains the five most contentious proposals that could interfere with progress toward fixing the health care system.

Patients receiving preventative health care services believed to be covered by their, or their company's, health plan, are being billed themselves due to inaccurate billing codes or carelessness.