Cost-Containment

Officials are asking for comments on existing state EHB variations and about what to do if new rules hurt health insurance market stability.

Technology changes, federal health program cuts and policy concerns are putting pressure on employment.

Lawmakers have brought back a bill that would require coverage for three primary care visits and three outpatient behavioral care visits without cost-sharing.

GLP-1 medications prescribed for obesity could generate nearly $193,000 in lifetime economic and health value per patient while delivering outsized benefits to populations that have historically faced greater barriers to weight management, according to a new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

UnitedHealth's Optum Rx has reached a tentative settlement with the FTC, joining CVS Health's Caremark and the Cigna Group's Express Scripts, which agreed to settlements earlier this year.

But employers surveyed in February and March were more aware of TrumpRx than of weight-loss drug sites like Ro.