Consumer Driven Health Care

The virtual health care company will participate in the pharmacy benefit manager's Weight Engage program, which brings together benefit navigation, behavioral coaching and access to clinically appropriate care to help people stay informed, engaged and supported throughout their weight-management journey.

While 75% of employers believe they are doing enough to help manage medical costs, only 46% of employees agree.

A new draft regulation would let employers offer the coverage through excepted benefits products.

Meanwhile, new Take Command survey data show that about half of workers like the cash-for-coverage plan concept.

It's a critical time for employees who are trying to make the best financial decisions for themselves and their families, with the pressures of health care costs, and financial planning for the new year all amplifying that stress.

Underscoring these concerns, nearly half of insured adults (46%) say that lowering out-of-pocket costs is the change they'd most like to see to their health insurance.