Consumer Driven Health Care

Immediately, Trump's new Health appointees were met with a rash of strong reactions from assorted media outlets.

CVS has been hit with at least three federal class actions, including two antitrust cases accusing CVS Caremark Corp. and other pharmacy benefit managers, the intermediaries between insurance companies and pharmacies, of price-fixing prescription drug reimbursement rates.

The lawsuit alleged UnitedHealth CFO John Rex interfered with the company's decision to drop "one of the worst-performing target date options in the entire market.”

After the killing of its CEO and the manhunt for the suspect recedes from the public's attention, UnitedHealthcare will still face a heavy load of lawsuits over its reimbursement practices.

For benefits professionals, compliance is more than an obligation—it’s an opportunity to streamline care access, reduce frustrations, and enhance the overall employee benefits experience.

It is hard to predict what the incoming federal administration will do with respect to PBM laws, but it seems that the states will continue to make this a focus.