Offering group health coverage is important to small businesses. More than 9 in 10 said it's important, with 69% calling it "extremely important."

9 in 10 employers are concerned about high-cost drugs in the pipeline, with a similar number reporting concern about pharmacy cost trends overall.

The agency is exploring if the companies that broker drug purchases for hospitals, along with the drug distributors, are pushing the prices of generics so low that they've made it hard for manufacturers to maintain production.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made "historic strides" in making health care and prescription drugs affordable, said Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, who updated stakeholders about CMS's accomplishments.

PhRMA argued that the Inflation Reduction Act delegated too much power to HHS, however, the DOJ said the industry association lacked standing because it doesn't manufacture or sell prescription drugs.

One key to success with transitioning to RBP is to secure buy-in throughout the firm, from employees to the C-suite - and as workers understand the financial benefits, they often become the best salespeople for their co-workers.

The legislation would require firms with 10+ employees to automatically enroll all full-time and long-term part-time employees in an automatic IRA or 401(k) plan, allowing workers to decline to participate at any time after enrollment.

Patients have been reporting mysterious claims to Medicare for months of catheters they never ordered or received, which led to a massive spike in billing the accounts of more than 450,000 Medicare beneficiaries in 2023.