Core and Group Health

By employers implementing a multi-prong approach to weight health care, including offering weight management medication coverage, it will undoubtedly have positive business outcomes in the long-term.

Only 47% of respondents felt the benefits their employers offered fit their specific needs.

By taking decisive action and supporting employer groups in their pursuit of prudent fiduciary actions, benefits advisors can help reshape the health care ecosystem and ensure cost-effective, high-value care for all employers and employees.

"These are multisided giants that are accumulating assets at an alarming rate and are becoming the new intermediaries and gatekeepers of our health care system," said Assistant U.S. Attorney General Jonathan Kanter.

The agency has stepped up its campaign against drugmakers' improper listing of patents in the FDA's Orange Book, which it contends are ploys intended to delay generic competition, by disputing junk patent listings for 300 drugs.

Providers, insurers and regulators need to come together to ensure the safe use of these drugs, mitigate failed treatment attempts, reduce side effects and provide better insurance plans to support patients in need.

More than three-quarters of respondents said they feel more comfortable talking about family-related responsibilities with their employer than they did previously.

Nearly 80% of employers expect a moderate or significant impact from the DOL over the next year, as the presidential election looms.