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Health care spending accounts for approximately one-fifth of the U.S. GDP. Is it any wonder employers and employees are ready for a change?

Inflation took its toll on everyone last year, even in the medical profession. However, these specialties took home the biggest salaries in 2022.

Of the $7,221 total cost for an individual, the employer contribution is $4,241, while the employee contribution is $1,847, plus $1,133 for out-of-pocket costs through co-pays and deductibles, according to a new report.

In a big victory for patients who depend on prescription drugs, a federal judge struck down a 2021 HHS rule that allowed health insurers to not count drug manufacturer copay assistance towards a patient's out-of-pocket costs.

All the manufacturers of the first 10 prescription drugs selected for Medicare price negotiations agreed to participate by the Oct. 1 deadline, however, the process could be complicated by lawsuits filed by all of these drugmakers.

Nurses, medical technicians, pharmacists and support staff began striking Wednesday morning, which shows how tension between health-care companies and burned-out workers has escalated since the onset of the pandemic.