Health Care

The nation's largest health insurer expects to play a much bigger role in the health care overhaul next year, as the federal law shifts from raising giant questions for the sector to offering growth opportunities.

Two environmental groups are asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to immediately ban shipments of volatile crude oil in older railroad tank cars, citing recent explosive oil train wrecks and the department's own findings that those accidents pose an "imminent hazard." The petition filed Tuesday by the Sierra Club and ForestEthics seeks an emergency order within 30 days to prohibit crude from the Northern Plains' Bakken region and elsewhere from being carried in the older tank cars, known as DOT-111s.

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A string of fiery train derailments across the country has triggered a high-stakes but behind-the-scenes campaign to shape how the government responds to calls for tighter safety rules.

A string of fiery train derailments across the country has triggered a high-stakes but behind-the-scenes campaign to shape how the government responds to calls for tighter safety rules.

Stung by sticker shock, members of Congress are scrambling to lower the cost of a bill to fix veterans' health care amid a growing uproar over long waits for appointments and falsification of records to cover up the delays at Veterans Affairs hospitals.

The Food and Drug Administration plans to ban the food industry from using artificial trans fats.

Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $2.2B and plead guilty to a misdemeanor, ending federal investigations into alleged kickbacks and the marketing of drugs for off-label uses.

EU antitrust regulators will fine nine drugmakers this month for blocking the entry of cheaper generic medicines to the market.

Humana reaffirmed its fiscal 2013 guidance, acknowledging once again that its full-year earnings could fall below Wall Street expectations.

Regulators banned generic versions of the narcotic OxyContin that could be abused via injection and snorting.

FOXBusiness.com caught up with Former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski who, after 6+ years in prison, is back at work and ready to help fellow inmates get back on their feet.

The U.S. government signed up 8.2 million people for health insurance through the HealthCare.gov website, including 2.1 million people from the insurers' most sought-after demographic - those aged under 35, the top health official said on Tuesday.

There will be no cost of living adjustment (COLA) for seniors in their Social Security checks in 2016.  Effective since 1975, seniors have received these automatic benefit increases every year with the exception of 2010 and 2011.

Lawmakers on Wednesday asked federal officials whether Americans should trust the government's dietary guidelines, which inform everything from school lunches to advice from a doctor.

Safety advocates say that a Senate transportation bill would allow car rental companies to rent recalled vehicles that haven't been repaired.

Medical bill collections can come as a huge surprise, particularly if you never received a bill. But consumers are getting some leverage.

Experts weigh in on the FDA’s decision to ditch “partially hydrogenated oils” and how this will really affect consumers.

The Agriculture Department has developed a new government certification and labeling for foods that are free of genetically modified ingredients.

Cancer-fighting pink pineapples, heart-healthy purple tomatoes and less fatty vegetable oils may someday be on grocery shelves alongside more traditional products.