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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee should also increase gig worker access to portable benefits.

First-day administration moves also helped short-term health insurance and ended several Medicare efforts to change the way the drug market works.

Labor's temporary chief is Vince Micone, an official with extensive HR experience, and the temporary HHS chief is Dr. Dorothy Fink, a women's health specialist.

Many employers still want to keep the employees they have, but cash is tight.

Rep. Tim Walberg is also backing health care price transparency bills.

At one large self-funded plan, provider shortages pushed more than 37% of the patients to get their behavioral health care out-of-network.

The company uses public data sets, not secret information, to create out-of-network reimbursement recommendations, according to a new court filing.

Andrew Witty, UnitedHealth CEO, said the move will remove an excuse other players use to blame Optum Rx for high drug costs.