Consumer Driven Health Care

The good news is that 79% of workers plan to stay at their job for the next year, however, employee work/life balance is a key concern, according to a new Bank of America survey.

Prescription drugs and the Affordable Care Act act seem likely to come up. What else?

Through the Rural Health Clinic Accreditation Program, rural health clinics now have a framework to standardize the quality of primary care, focusing on emergency preparedness, infection control and patient rights.

Forty-five percent of Gen Z employees are participating in high-deductible plans this year.

While shortages of the popular weight loss drugs persist, Hims & Hers, a San Francisco-based telehealth company, will offer access to a compounded form of the GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, starting at $199 a month.

Almost 20% had to choose between health care or paying a bill, while 14% had difficulty affording a prescription.

CFPB officials questions whether late medical bill payments have much to do with how well people pay their other bills.

Of those that currently offer coverage only for diabetes, 19% are considering offering the drugs for weight loss as well.