Oz will take over as a key regulator for Medicare and Affordable Care Act programs in the wake of extensive federal health agency layoffs.

Bethany Lilly, a Leukemia & Lymphoma Society rep, asked a House panel to remember the sickest patients when considering benefits legislation.

At least 15 states have laws that are supposed to keep the firms' deals from wiping out too much health care market competition.

The providers say vision benefit managers now control 70% of the market, the plans disagree, and both sides want to win over state legislators.

Rep. Tim Walberg, the lead sponsor, now chairs a key congressional committee, and he thinks the bill can help solve small employers' insurance problems.

Some say Affordable Care Act oversight was spared but Medicare contract oversight was hit hard.

One area of focus will be laws and rules that limit competition in the health care sector.

More employers are offering group disability, but the state absence management maze is the crisis.