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Alan Goforth is a freelance writer in suburban Kansas City. In addition to freelancing for several publications, he has written a dozen books about sports and other topics.
The sweeping complaint includes pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts, Evernorth, CVS Caremark and Optum Rx; insulin manufacturers Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi; and group purchasing organizations.
"Across services, drugs and inputs, the United States consistently pays substantially higher prices than its peers for comparable services, drug and inputs," according to a new report in Health Affairs.
"As employees cling to their jobs for security, retention alone can give employers a false sense of stability, even as wellbeing, engagement and productivity quietly erode," said Todd Katz, head of U.S. Group Benefits at MetLife.
Earlier this month, following unfavorable court rulings, the agency halted a pilot program that would have changed the way in which rebates are applied.
The Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act, introduced last week by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., would establish a pilot jobs guarantee program in up to 15 high-unemployment communities nationwide.