Consumer Driven Health Care

More work still needs to be done to show employees the advantages of HSAs.

In 2015, 28 percent of adults said they missed work due to oral health issues, but that went down in 2016 to 21 percent.

Senators have indicated talks have spent little time on perhaps the toughest issue: How to pay for a plan that would cover more people and offer lower premiums than the House bill.

The Republican plan, the American Health Care Act, repeals those and other taxes, totaling some $662 billion over 10 years. It also cuts Medicaid funding by $834 billion over a decade.

Only a quarter of health plan members say their insurer helps them navigate the byzantine system of doctors, clinics, specialists and other health care providers.

Since 28 states and Washington, D.C. have all legalized the use of marijuana either medicinally or recreationally to some extent, some adjustment in policies is necessary to promote a safe workplace.