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Five ways your health care will change in 2013 Washington Post (blog) 1. Health-care cost growth will slow to a new low. The United States is expected to spend a $2.9 trillion on health care in 2013, according to actuaries at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That would be 3.8 percent more than then $2.8 ... See all stories on this topic »

Switzerland: A Case Study in Consumer-Driven Health Care Forbes The health insurance plans vary substantially in price. Supplementary plans feature additional differentiation. For example, one popular policy contains a nonsmoker option with savings of up to 20 percent. The largest market share is held by high ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

Health care tax hikes for 2013 may be just a start Minnesota Public Radio WASHINGTON (AP) — New taxes are coming Jan. 1 to help finance President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Most people may not notice. But they will pay attention if Congress decides to start taxing employer-sponsored health insurance, one option ... See all stories on this topic »

Supreme Court declines to block provision covering contraceptives in health ... NBCNews.com (blog) WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court declined Wednesday to put a temporary hold on a controversial provision in the new health care law requiring employers to provide health insurance coverage for contraceptives. Two businesses challenging the act ... See all stories on this topic »

Obamacare Could Double Health Care Premiums: Aetna CEO CNBC.com To provide all Americans with health insurance, premiums will have to rise to pay for it, Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini told CNBC's "Closing Bell" on Wednesday. "If we're going to insure all Americans, which is a worthy and appropriate cause, then somebody ... See all stories on this topic »

Richard Davis: Utah should upgrade its health care system now Deseret News When Brigham Young entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, he and the settlers he led were true pioneers. They blazed a new trail in making the desert blossom. Similarly, when the state's health care exchange was adopted in 2009, it was a pioneering effort. See all stories on this topic » Deseret News

"Child-Only" Health Insurance Available in Ga. Beginning in 2013 Newscentralga Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens is behind a new set of rules that will require all insurance companies who sell individual health policies in Georgia to also offer "Child-Only" coverage beginning January 1, 2013. This type of plan is a ... See all stories on this topic »

School officials seek way to reduce health insurance costs Glens Falls Post-Star LAKE GEORGE -- The school district has the highest percentage of retirees using the most expensive health insurance plan of the 30 districts in the region. As a result, Lake George school officials are searching for ways to move retirees to a cheaper ... See all stories on this topic »

Illinois group wins CO-OP health plan startup funding LifeHealthPro Land of Lincoln Health is an arm of the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC). The council represents Chicago-area hospitals and hospital-affiliated health care delivery systems. The council's associate members include Humana and Blue Cross ... See all stories on this topic » LifeHealthPro

Can We Fix Health Benefits Without Changing a Thing? CNBC.com Health insurance is by far everybody's favorite employer-provided benefit, according to a new study. Anyone who has ever shopped for, and paid for, health insurance knows that it's a bewildering process that ends in a dispiritingly large bill. And ... See all stories on this topic » CNBC.com

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