Consumer Driven Health Care

Start with your own benefits advisor, the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions' playbook counsels: Do they represent your financial and health coverage goals? Or are they in league with the pharmacy benefit managers?

Despite increased health care spending in the wake of the pandemic, average balances in health savings accounts increased since 2020, rising from $3,622 to $4,318 in 2021.

Novo Nordisk presented research findings on the oral version of semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, during the American Diabetes Association's recent scientific sessions.

Drug negotiation with manufacturers is government price fixing and is unconstitutional, says the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.

Higher general inflation in medical supplies and pharmaceuticals, combined with staffing issues, have increased costs for providers.

Drugmakers have been rushing to develop obesity pills (to rival obesity shots like Wegovy), angling for a piece of a market that some estimate will one day be worth as much as $100 billion.