Broker Regulation

Covering ineligible dependents isn't just a compliance issue — it could cost organizations thousands.

I plan to focus on the trends and movements that are reshaping American health care and employee benefits , while highlighting people who are working to make a very flawed system a little better.

The first keynote session for the 2025 BenefitsPRO Broker Expo is: "It's Not Personal, It's Just Healthcare,"a fireside chat about a documentary that aims to dispel commonly held health care myths and to expose the problems, flaws, and fallacies that exist within the current health care and health insurance systems.

Medicare has announced 15 new drugs up for price negotiations, set to begin in the next several months with top drugmakers, including Pfizer, Novo Nordisk and GlaxoSmithKline.

The request comes in the wake of the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson in December.

Aetna in late December sued 20 major pharmaceutical companies, accusing them of engaging in a conspiracy to fix prices for more than 100 generic medications.