Demand was strongest in the South, followed by the Midwest, West and East.

The news comes as the administration is pushing for pharmaceutical manufacturers reshore drug production in the United States.

The South saw the largest increase in the metric at 3.6 percentage points, followed by the Northeast with a 1.3 percentage point gain.

For those in families with incomes at 199% of the federal poverty level and below, the average family payments for health insurance premiums and medical care is 9.6% of family income.

In 2025, nearly 4 in 10 people said they worried about being able to afford their medications, up significantly from 27% in 2024.

Beginning on July 7, however, some hybrid employees in Minnesota, where the insurance giant is based, and Washington, D.C., will be required to return to the office four days a week.

In 2023, Americans spent more than $1.5 trillion at hospitals.

A $10.2 million savings across more than 100,000 prescriptions over three months, extrapolated across the nearly 33 million Americans currently taking GLP-1 medications monthly, indicates a potential cost savings that is easily in the billions of dollars, the company said.