The bad economy is worsening the already-shaky finances of Medicare and Social Security, draining the trust funds supporting them faster than expected and intensifying the need for Congress to shore up the massive benefit programs, the government said Friday.Read more

The American Benefits Council is urging the Department of Health and Human Services to scale back a complex regulatory regime that has "grown exponentially" in recent years.Read more

A Liberty Mutual survey shows that employers fail to take advantage of absence data they collect to manage the costly impact of employees being away from work.Read more

Minority populations are more likely to rely on Social Security as their only source of retirement benefits, according to various studies by the AARP.Read more