Wider use of consumer-directed health plans could dramatically change the landscape of health care and coverage in the U.S., a new study suggests.

More than half of large employers plan to offer consumer-directed health plans next year, many as a means of lowering their health benefit costs.

New research indicates that more consumers are selecting consumer-directed health plans, led by small businesses.

A Hunt Valley, Md., company that provides consumer-directed health account management solutions, was selected to administer the Maryland state employees’ Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs).

Health benefit costs rose at a greater rate in Virginia than in the nation in 2009, new research indicates.

Health benefit costs rose at a greater rate in Maryland and Washington, D.C., than in the nation in 2009, new research indicates.

Health benefit costs rose at a greater rate in Pennsylvania than in the nation in 2009, new research indicates.

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In what is likely to be his last act as Maryland’s insurance commissioner, Ralph S. Tyler has ruled that the reserve levels of two CareFirst subsidiaries “are neither unreasonably large nor excessive.”

Enrollment in high-deductible health plans rose 5.2% over the last two years, according to government estimates.

New Jersey’s health benefits costs paid by employers and employees increased more than the nation’s this year, new research indicates.