Emily Payne is director, content analytics for ALM's Business & Finance Markets and former managing editor for BenefitsPRO. A Wisconsin native, she has spent the past decade writing and editing for various athletic and fitness publications. She holds an English degree and Business certificate from the University of Wisconsin.
For those who were unable to join us at this year's Broker Expo, here are some pieces of advice our honorees wish they had gotten when they were younger.
Eli Lilly's announcement that it is capping the cost of insulin at $35 a month also casts light on pharmacy benefit managers at a time when Congress has shifted its focus on them.
The elephant in the health care M&A room remains the cost of those services post-merger.
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