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Seventy-three percent of employers say health care costs are one of the top issues faced by employees that their benefits seek to address.

The current U.S. provider network rules give managers of health plans without out-of-network benefits a financial incentive to create artificial provider shortages, by refusing to pay physicians enough to persuade physicians to join their networks, according to the resolution.

"About a year ago, ChenMed unilaterally decided to impose improper technology license fees on JenCare to make money at Humana's expense," the partially redacted court filling said.

The IRS also released technical guidance regarding all cost‑of‑living adjustments affecting dollar limitations for pension plans and other retirement-related items for tax year 2026 in Notice 2025-67 PDF, posted today on IRS.gov.

Total new annualized premium increased 16% year over year to $4.3 billion, and the number of policies sold rose 10%.

The percentage choosing rich gold plan coverage fell to 28%, from 38%.