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Florida AG alleges the two competing pharmacy benefit managers entered into an illegal horizontal price-fixing agreement — one that threatens Floridians' access to affordable medications.
"For 2025, the Individual and Group segments experienced declines in both membership and profitability, with the Individual segment suffering a larger financial impact," according to MFA's "Year-Over-Year Health Insurance Segment Profitability Trends" report.
Employee benefits market is increasingly shaped by trends that include regulatory volatility, shifting compliance priorities, accelerated cost pressures, and ever-evolving workplace demands.
This projection marks the fourth consecutive year of elevated health care cost trends approaching double digits and extends one of the most sustained periods of health care inflation employers have faced in decades.
"Many workers are not just worried about retirement. They are actively revising their timelines," said Jasmine Escalera, career expert at MyPerfectResume.
"While the U.S. can rightly take pride in having the most advanced health care in the world, that care is increasingly viewed as unaffordable for patients, purchasers, and taxpayers," the American Hospital Association notes in a new blueprint report.
As Nonqualified Deferred Compensation (NQDC) plans evolve in both design and strategic application, Morgan Stanley at Work notes how eligibility for NSDC plans is widening beyond the C-suite.