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“This study makes plain what every working parent knows — that providing insurance coverage takes a bigger bite from the family budget every year,” said Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a public health research organization based in Princeton, N.J.
Nationwide, the amount employees pay for family coverage increased 30 percent [...]

Only a third of family-owned businesses make it to the second generation. Some local entrepreneurs have taken steps to make sure their families — and their businesses — survive and thrive.
When Christopher Schneeman graduated from college, he was determined not to follow his father and grandfather into the family business of selling property and casualty [...]

As the presidential campaign debate over health care intensified, I heard from seven different friends with the same problem: They had loved ones who had recently moved and, like many others across the U.S., could not find a primary care doctor. Three were in Washington where, according to 2006 data from the Department of Health, [...]

In an extensive interview on health policy, Mrs. Clinton said she would like to cap health insurance premiums at 5 percent to 10 percent of income. The average cost of a family policy bought by an individual in 2006 and 2007 was $5,799, or 10 percent of the median family income of $58,526, according [...]

Americans believe employers pay the bulk of workers’ premiums, government pays for Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and individuals pay some premiums as well as deductibles and co-pays. This is wrong. Business, government and individuals do not share the financial responsibility for health coverage. Individuals bear the full cost of health [...]

As you know from previous columns, Cynthia Xavier is being swallowed alive by ALS. Her legs don’t work. She can’t leave her bed. She gets by on a miserable 14 hours’ home care a week. Want to know what that’s like? Use your [...]

As you know from previous columns, Cynthia Xavier is being swallowed alive by ALS. Her legs don’t work. She can’t leave her bed. She gets by on a miserable 14 hours’ home care a week. Want to know what that’s like? Use your [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Leading a dog’s life could be a good thing in the United States this year with spending on pets forecast to hit a new high despite fears of a recession and a crimp on consumer spending.
The American Pet Products Manufacturers Association released figures on Tuesday showing [...]

He was also ordered to pay back almost $600,000.Standing barely five feet tall and leaning on a bamboo walking stick, the retired priest, Rodney L. Rodis, 51, apologized to the court, to the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, and to about a dozen former parishioners who had driven for an hour to reach the federal [...]

They may wind up paying double or triple for campus health care, said James A. Boyle, president of College Parents of America, a nonprofit group based in Arlington, Va., that provides support and advice for parents of college students.On most campuses, a family%26#8217;s insurance plan %26#8220;is effectively worthless,%26#8221; Mr. Boyle said. It goes unused, [...]