Health Care

The health care sector has become the hot target for hackers in recent months, according to researchers at Symantec, a leading cybersecurity company that says it's also seeing big increases in "spear-phishing," ''ransomware" and efforts to exploit newly discovered vulnerabilities in software used by a wide range of industries.

Health care offers attractive growth opportunities for cyber criminals looking to steal reams of personal information, as the hacking of a database maintained by the second-largest U.S. health insurer proves.

The information on the 1095-A will be used to reconcile advance payments of the premium tax credit made on your behalf to your insurance provider.

You have plenty of ways to avoid the new tax penalty under the health care law.

For most taxpayers, it won't be a headache. But some will have to fill out extra forms.

ObamaCare says if a person did not obtain health coverage for himself, his spouse and dependent children, tax penalties will be inflicted beginning in 2014.

Are you eligible for a tax credit to help pay for health insurance premiums?

Beginning in 2014, individuals without health insurance for up to three consecutive months will face a penalty on their income tax return. Here's how to calculate it.

The Additional Medicare Tax went into effect this year and will be levied on wages, other compensation, and self-employment income paid after the start of the year.

The Internal Revenue Service is trying to map out who should pay a hefty, forthcoming tax on high end healthcare plans.   

If you don’t have health coverage, you pay a penalty to the government. And scammers are ready to take advantage of that.

You don't have to meet a high hurdle to deduct premiums if your small business is profitable.

When it comes to finding the most tax-efficient way to sell a parent's stock, consider hiring a certified public accountant.

If you are nearly out of options to pay medical bills, using your Roth IRA may be prescribed.

The tax rules surrounding the employment of a caregiver can be confusing--not to mention costly if a mistake is made. 

Households making more than $200,000 most likely haven't been impacted by the new health insurance reform. But then will change in 2014 when some taxes kick in.

It’s that time of year again.

In a two-part exclusive interview Tuesday, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon sits down with Maria Bartiromo on ‘Opening Bell’ to discuss his throat cancer diagnosis and recovery, the U.S. economy, and the 33rd annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco.

When it comes to planning for health-care costs in retirement, women are more worried than men--and for good reason.

MetLife, Inc.'s decision to divest a large piece of its U.S. life insurance unit is the latest fallout from stricter rules imposed on large financial firms following the 2008 financial crisis.