Regulators claim the hospital system blocks insurers from offering lower-cost, innovative health plans.

EBRI finds utilization remains low, but seven-figure treatments pose growing risk for smaller self-insured employers.

The action is part of President Donald Trump's Great American Recovery Initiative, established by <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/addressing-addiction-through-the-great-american-recovery-initiative/"><u>executive order</u></a> on Jan. 15, a federal effort aimed at expanding treatment access and ensuring patients can seek help without fear of discrimination.

Baby boomers are retiring at roughly 10,000 per day, and their $30 trillion in retirement assets could be part of an $84 trillion intergenerational wealth transfer over the next two decades.

Hospitals, clinics, and home health services lead hiring, offsetting weaker gains in other industries.

Participants who engage with financial guidance resources contribute 29% more on average and hold roughly twice the account balance of non-users.

This accounts for roughly one-third of national health expenditures in 2024 and driving costs for families, employers, Medicare, Medicaid and other payers.

The company said its 27,000 pharmacists will guide customers in applying the discounts and support related programs, including NovoCare enrollment and reduced pricing on fertility medications through the TrumpRx Fertility initiative.