With federal student loan payments set to resume starting next week, more than one in five borrowers expect to reduce savings overall (29%), for emergencies (29%) and retirement (22%), according to a new poll.

Twenty-two percent of U.S. employers now cover prescription drugs for weight loss.

PBM lobby PCMA and drugmaker lobby PhRMA testified at a House Oversight Committee hearing last week, often pinning the blame for drug costs on each other, while bipartisan lawmakers agreed both were to blame.

Three influential medical organizations say the reimbursement proposal reductions for 2024 - a 3.3% cut in the conversion factor, the formula used to determine Medicare's physician payments - would hurt providers.

The average reimbursement amount for insurance premiums submitted over the last year was $573.14.

The nation's leading lobbying group for seniors filed an amicus brief on Monday in Washington, D.C., urging a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Merck to challenge Medicare's Drug Price Negotiation Program.

The Chamber of Commerce urged a federal judge on Friday to stop the new Medicare drug price negotiation program before Oct. 1, when the makers of the first 10 drugs must agree to start negotiations.

Executives estimate that nearly half of the skills that exist in their workforce today won't be relevant in 2025.