Health Care Reform

California is trying to apply its new law to PBM efforts to serve self-insured employer health plans, as well as to PBM efforts to serve health insurers and government-run plans, such as public employee health plans.

A KFF poll found that 41% of voters support the MAHA movement with broad agreement across parties on food safety and corporate influence — but health care costs remain voters' top priority.

The leadership transition adds uncertainty for drug approvals, treatment access and regulatory direction.

U.S. Chief District Judge Richard Seeborg ruled last week that the courts should use North Carolina law when reviewing a worker's long-term disability insurance claim, not California law, because the insurer, Life Insurance Company of North America, made it clear that North Carolina law should apply.

For the government, the cost of an employer plan enrollee is about 37% of the cost of a Medicaid enrollee.

Health care Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings rose by one-third from January through March, from nine in the fourth quarter of 2025 to 12 in the first quarter of this year.