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Insurers and pharmacy benefit managers have instituted policies that do not apply copay assistance toward beneficiaries' out-of-pocket costs and deductibles, according to the plaintiffs.
72% of these adults (11.5 million people) will have less than $65,000 in income and assets, which is the average amount needed to pay for private assisted living and medical care.
"Maintaining strategic workforce investments while pulling back on overall spending shows a clear switch from a reactive to a proactive policy," the PwC Pulse Survey of CHROs says.
A resolution was adopted to restrict the use of sustainable factors in making investment decisions in the Florida Retirement System defined benefit plan.
"Medicare and Medicaid are setting prices based on what they predict inflationary and cost pressures are going to be," says Corey Rhyan, senior analyst of health economics and policy for Altarum.