The official site for HBO Documentary Films’ The Weight of the Nation, featuring videos, images, and information. The four-part documentary series premieres May, only on HBO.

United Preference Unveils Health Reward Platform - United Preference has launched a new rewards card aimed at helping employers and health plans to boost healthy behavior.

United Preference prepaid health cards can be tailored so health incentives can only be used to purchase health related products like over-the-counter medications, healthy foods, and supplements at retail, and products and...

The business model of our health care system is based on third-party payments from insurance and government.

What's getting expensive the fastest? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which detailed inflation data on hundreds of categories of goods and services, no price index is rising faster than hospital services. But you...

One in four doctors in the U.S. studied in a foreign medical school, a report in The New York Times Magazine showed. Foreign physicians are often drawn here by high salaries. Experts say physician shortages are a global issue....

The CDHC Solutions Forum conference series showcases featured speakers and top leaders within the health care industry. Learn the latest updates to the health care law and tools to implement consumer directed health care. Save...

Just like Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase says they have added a record number of health savings accounts they manage for workers.

The Voice For Innovative Health Benefit Management And The HealthCare Consumerism Movement Each week, we LEARN, CONNECT and SHARE with fellow Institute members, employers, industry thought leaders, solution providers, brokers,...

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WONKBLOG | Health care spending grew more slowly in the past two years than it has in over five decades. Even with health care costs growth slowing, the U.S. still devotes 18 percent of its economy to the sector, more than most...

In case you needed a reminder, our health care costs are still way out of control. Here's what that looks like in graph form: This chart comes from the Commonwealth Fund’s annual report, out today, comparing health spending and...

Image by AFP via @daylife I have long argued that the impact of the Affordable Care Act is not nearly as big of a deal as opponents would have you believe. At the end of the day, the law is - in the main - little more than a...

The Solutions Superstars issue is designed to recognize those who go above and beyond in health care, benefits and compensation. Solutions Superstars, which is released annually in the third week of September, honors companies...

Impending federal rules will allow states to define their own “essential benefit” packages of certain services—under tight strictures—that certain insurers must cover. Initial guidance that HHS released Friday to obtain early...

CDHC Solutions is the industry’s only business magazine focused 100% on innovative health and benefits management solutions. CDHC Solutions is an active advocate for health care consumerism. Their “Collective Voice of Health...