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New year arrived with long list of benefits challenges, opportunities, survey finds

By Alan Goforth

Rising costs, particularly in medical insurance, are forcing companies to rethink their benefits strategy.

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Challenges employers will face in 2025 with weight-loss drugs

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DOJ sues Walgreens for allegedly filling millions of illegal prescriptions, despite ‘clear red flags’

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January 21, 2025

Public divided on Trump health agenda, strong support for price transparency

When asked about a variety of health care proposals, including those put forth by Republican and Democratic lawmakers, about 6 in 10 said boosting price transparency rules to ensure that health care prices are available to patients should be a top priority.

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January 21, 2025

Employer group sues to stop Biden rules that ‘overstep’ existing mental health parity law

The ERISA Industry Committee sues to stop new Biden administration mental health regulations issued in 2024, saying they are “arbitrary and capricious” and employers cannot certify compliance “due to vague, undefined terms."

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January 20, 2025

Employers grapple with rising health care costs and fiduciary concerns

Various pieces of health care transparency legislation have identified areas requiring employers to meet their fiduciary responsibilities, such as designing an evaluation process for selecting vendors to deploy their health and welfare benefits strategy.

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January 17, 2025

Ozempic among 15 drugs selected for Medicare drug price talks, Round 2, with Big Pharma

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.

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January 16, 2025

Pharmacies seek new strategies amid store closures and market disruption

A new research report from Colliers finds that the role of retail pharmacies has changed over time, moving far beyond roles as medication dispensaries.

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January 16, 2025

Investors ask UnitedHealthcare to account for claims denial practices

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

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January 14, 2025

6 trends shaping the future of mental health care

Meeting employees’ diverse mental health needs increases retention and engagement and reduces long-term health care costs—but these benefits take time to realize.

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New year arrived with long list of benefits challenges, opportunities, survey finds

Challenges employers will face in 2025 with weight-loss drugs

DOJ sues Walgreens for allegedly filling millions of illegal prescriptions, despite ‘clear red flags’

Recommended Just For You

Consumer Driven Health Care Stories

Public divided on Trump health agenda, strong support for price transparency

Employer group sues to stop Biden rules that ‘overstep’ existing mental health parity law

Employers grapple with rising health care costs and fiduciary concerns

Ozempic among 15 drugs selected for Medicare drug price talks, Round 2, with Big Pharma

Pharmacies seek new strategies amid store closures and market disruption

Investors ask UnitedHealthcare to account for claims denial practices

6 trends shaping the future of mental health care