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Lawmakers have brought back a bill that would require coverage for three primary care visits and three outpatient behavioral care visits without cost-sharing.

GLP-1 medications prescribed for obesity could generate nearly $193,000 in lifetime economic and health value per patient while delivering outsized benefits to populations that have historically faced greater barriers to weight management, according to a new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

UnitedHealth's Optum Rx has reached a tentative settlement with the FTC, joining CVS Health's Caremark and the Cigna Group's Express Scripts, which agreed to settlements earlier this year.

CVS Health filed a similar lawsuit last month.

But employers surveyed in February and March were more aware of TrumpRx than of weight-loss drug sites like Ro.

Experts predict that making doctors and hospitals give more details will help employers.