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President Joe Biden holds a smaller advantage over Donald Trump in whom independent voters trust more to address high health care costs (39% to 26%), in a new KFF Health News survey.

Technology is the fastest changing — and fastest growing — aspect of the voluntary benefits industry.

Patients are being harmed by Express Scripts and other pharmacy benefit managers that prevent them from using their preferred pharmacies, resulting in decreased availability of medications and higher drug prices, say protestors.

An Illinois jury sided with drugmakers GlaxoSmithKline and Boehringer Ingelheim in the first trial over Zantac, which the FDA recalled in 2020 over claims the over-the-counter heartburn medication caused cancer.

The number of large employers choosing ICHRAs has increased by 83%.

The study found that 65% of respondents worry that Medicare won't be around for them.

Last year, private equity firms were responsible for 17 (21%) of 80 total health care bankruptcy filings, while another wave of these bankruptcies is expected in 2024, according to the Private Equity Stakeholder Project.

Although policy changes often lag a year or 2 behind trends, the gap suggests that there's a need for employers to address lingering effects of the pandemic and other issues affecting workers' mental well-being, says a new survey.