The Department of Veterans Affairs is talking about broadening the role of private-sector health care in providing care for veterans, with the goal of eliminating of the need for veterans to go through the VA to approve or coordinate care.
Nearly a quarter of older adults in the U.S. said that in the past year they had not visited a doctor when sick, skipped a recommended test or treatment, not filled a prescription or skipped medication doses because of the cost.
Private benefits exchangescommercially marketed platforms on which employees can shop for a wide range of employer-sponsored health and voluntary benefitsare slowly growing and changing in response to market demands.