The regulators may be looking hard, but the payers are still paying, and the patients still need care.

Obesity fighters like Wegovy could help, overall, but are adding $23 per member per month to prescription spending.

The company's Optum Rx pharmacy benefit manager has also been doing just fine.

Prosecutors in Boston have filed a criminal complaint accusing six people of health care fraud.

Compared with the first half of 2023, the number of health benefits prospects starting up has been slow.

A bill Gov. Jay Pritzker signed last week sets provider network standards and bans "step therapy" and prior authorization reviews for emergency mental health care.

Employer plans are supposed to help pay to move doctors away from the current fee-for-service system.

Cora Opsahl, director of the 32BJ Health Fund, told lawmakers that providers and plan administrators work together to keep prices high.