Cost-Containment

The federal agency tasked with combating workplace discrimination is about to get a Republican majority for the first time in a decade, inspiring relief among employers and anxiety among workers rights advocates.

The deal comes as Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), is facing challenges on a number of fronts, including the possible loss of its largest customer, health-insurance giant Anthem Inc.

If the online retail giant does enter the pharmacy market, it would pose an immediate near-term threat to retail pharmacy chains such as CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

In a study of 48 cancer treatment drugs, researchers concluded that more than half had been approved for use in an absence of any benefits for either longer survival or quality of life benefits.

House Democrats asked Thursday why they have to find spending cuts and revenue sources to pay for reauthorizing the Children's Health Insurance Program when House Republicans are not yet requiring "pay fors" for their tax reform effort.

Early retirees, part-time workers and self-employed workers and other healthy Americans who buy their own insurance coverage and are facing premium increases of as much as 50 percent.