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.

Workers can use the cards to pay for care upfront. A Harvard medical school instructor worries about the implications.

The ruling could help employers that sue over the final non-quantitative treatment limitations under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.

The issue was determining how exactly a doctor who vanished while mountain climbing died.

One commissioner voted against release, saying the report lacks "economic rigor expected of Commission reports."