With federal officials seemingly unwilling or unable to come up with legislation to control skyrocketing drug prices, that task is increasingly moving to the states. But so is pharma muscle and money.
For all that PBMs do to reduce costs and improve the quality of pharmacy benefits, it is important to understand that employers, unions and government programs are in the drivers seat.
No, none of this is going to come to pass anytime soon. But the Ghilarducci-James plan raises issues that ought to be a part of a national discussion about retirement.
Despite facing discrimination and hostility, LGBT workers in the U.S. are still doing better at retirement preparation than their peers in other countries.
Wanted: Chief executive for health-care startup. Must be able to reinvent an industry, reduce spiraling costs and improve care for one million people -- and possibly the entire nation.
Eleven million employed adults are expected to come down with the flu this year resulting in an average of four days of missed work each and an accumulated $9 billion in lost productivity.
President Donald Trumps head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resigned amid a scandal surrounding investments she made in a tobacco company shortly after taking the helm of the agency.
The company's selling expense amount for health insurance fell to $363 million in the latest quarter, down 8.1 percent from the amount for the fourth quarter of 2016.