Consumer Driven Health Care

"The Trump administration is putting patients first by increasing transparency, lowering costs and expanding access through TrumpRx," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said.

Employers committed to sustainable workforce health must also invest in the conditions that drive obesity in the first place: workplace cultures that support movement and stress management, access to nutrition resources, mental health services, and benefits designs that incentivize prevention rather than intervention.

Physician leaders warn that without protections, insurers' new policies could add administrative and financial burdens, threatening patient care.

"In 2025, shadow AI surged across health care organizations as staff across all aspects of care sought ways to improve efficiency amid persistent burnout, staffing shortages and other factors," said Alex Tyrell, senior vice president and chief technology officer at Wolters Kluwer.

This was the first time the company had placed a dollar figure on the potential impact of its decision to end rebates.

Health care fraud remained a leading source of settlements and judgments with more than $5.7 billion of the total settlements and judgments last year were related to matters involving the industry.